Washington County, Maryland


Founding: 1776
Parent county: Frederick
Namesake: George Washington, U.S. president
Seat: Hagerstown (1776–)
Land area: 458 square miles
Population (2020): 154,705
Population (historic): 15,822 (1790); 28,850 (1840); 34,712 (1870); 45,133 (1900); 65,882 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–2020
Subdivisions: One city; eight towns; 55 CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13,169 (21.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36.5%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,981
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,553
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,544
Average farm size (1920): 74.6 acres
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Hagerstown
 
Namesake: Jonathan Hager, owner of the city site
Founding: 1762 (platting as Elizabethtown); 1792 (post office); 1813 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 43,527
Population (historic): 2,670 (1820); 3,879 (1850); 5,779 (1870); 13,591 (1900); 30,851 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1960; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,288 (34%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Plumb Grove / Jonathan Nesbitt Farm (c. 1832). 12654 Broadfording Road. Federal.
  2. Nesbitt Farm (c. 1830). 12814 Broadfording Road. Federal.
  3. John Ankeney Farm (1862). 13709 Broadfording Road. Italianate.
  4. John Mason Farm (c. 1860). 14242 Broadfording Road. Greek Revival.
  5. Jacob Bell House (1840). 13215 Brook Lane. Razed.
  6. William Hagerman House (1867). 15910 Cheney's Neck Lane. Italianate.
  7. Abraham Mason Farm. 12803 Cohill Road. Federal.
  8. Farm. 17548 College Road. Federal.
  9. George Downey Farm (1885). 9101 Downsville Pike. Italianate.
  10. Stephen Martin Farm (c. 1830). 22020 Durberry Road.
  11. Jonathan Prather House (1868). 11118 Four Locks Road. Italianate.
  12. Daniel Huyett House (c. 1860). Hopewell Road, south of Cedar Lawn. Italianate. Razed.
  13. Antietam Hall / Martin Rohrer Farm (c. 1800). 11806 Indian Lane. Federal.
  14. John Reichard Farm (1808). 8778 Jordan Road.
  15. John Dall Farm (c. 1820). 16440 Kendle Road. Federal.
  16. Jacob Middlekauff Farm (1818). 20432 Landis Road. Federal.
  17. St. Mark's Episcopal Church (1849). 18313 Lappans Road. Gothic Revival.
  18. Frederick Dorsey Farm (c. 1810). 19748 Leitersburg Pike.
  19. Ward Farm. 12408 Licking Creek Road.
  20. Bachtel Farm (c. 1810). 19 Loose Lane.
  21. Leonard Emmert Farm (c. 1798). 18465 Manor Church Road.
  22. The Maples / Huyett Farm (c. 1800). 11212 Mapleville Road. Georgian.
  23. Deaner Farm (c. 1785/1870). 39 Mount Hebron Road. Italianate.
  24. St. Paul's Reformed Church (1897/1930). 14106 National Pike. Gothic Revival.
  25. George French Farm (1762/1790). 20702 Old Forge Road.
  26. Benjamin Emmert Farm (c. 1840/1880). 9924 Old National Pike. Second Empire.
  27. Martin Baer Farm (1792). 13555 Poplar Grove Road.
  28. Brewer–Moller Farm (c. 1835/1910). 12720 Rockdale Road. Classical Revival.
  29. Farm (c. 1865). 13112 Rockdale Road.
  30. George Eakle Farm (c. 1900). 7103 Sharpsburg Pike. Eastlake.
  31. Frisby Tilghman Farm (c. 1800/1870). 9030 Sharpsburg Pike. Georgian/Second Empire.
  32. Mount Airy / Philip Grove Farm (c. 1825). 17201 Shepherdstown Pike. Federal.
  33. David Hess Farm (c. 1785). 19522 Shepherdstown Pike.
  34. Joseph Chapline Farm (c. 1780). 17218 Snyder's Landing Road. Georgian.
  35. Farm (c. 1895). 17504 Snyder's Landing Road. Queen Anne.
  36. Rose Hill / Thomas Williams Farm (1802). 16001 Spielman Road. Georgian.
  37. Springfield / Otho Williams Farm (c. 1790/1879). 8 Springfield Lane. Federal/Italianate.
  38. Ankeney Farm (c. 1840). 12715 St. Paul Road.
  39. Miller Farm (c. 1800). 12844 St. Paul Road.
  40. Tammany / Matthew Van Lear Farm (c. 1785). 16544 Tammany Lane. Georgian.
  41. David Funk House (c. 1780). 17666 Technology Boulevard.
  42. Weller Farm (1860). 14801 Weller Road.
  43. Samuel Wagner Farm (c. 1880). 6853 Wheeler Road. Italianate.
  44. Noah Thomas Farm (c. 1850). 7028 Wheeler Road. Federal.
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