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
National Register listings: 103
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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