GAZETTEER. 
Aaron; run, a small branch of Savage River in Garrett County. 
Abbey; point in Harford County, projecting into the mouth of Bush River. 
Abell; post village in St. Mary County. 
Aberdeen; creek, a small branch of South River in Anne Arundel County. 
Aberdeen; post village in Harford County on the Baltimore and Ohio and the 
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington railroads. Population 600. 
Abingdon; post village in Harford County. 
Accident; post village in Garrett County. 
Accokeek; post village in Prince George County. 
Acre; creek, a small branch of Big Annemessex River in Somerset County. 
Adam; small, almost entirely marshy island in Chesapeake Bay, Dorchester County. 
Adamstown; post village in Frederick County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Adelina; post village in Calvert County. 
Adkins; small pond drained by Givens Branch in Wicomico County. 
Admiral; post village in Anne Arundel County. 
Ady; village in Harford County. 
Aikin; post village in Cecil County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Aireys; post village in I >< >rchester ( Jounty on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Aisquith; neck, small strip of land in Dorchester County, lying between Far Creek 
and Ilonga River. 
Alberton; post village in Howard County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Aldino; post village in Harford County. 
Aleck; pond, a small inlet of Isle of Wight Bay in Worcester County. 
Alesia; post village in Carroll County on the Western Maryland Railroad. 
Allegany; county, in the western mountainous part of the State, limited on the 
south by Potomac River, the south boundary of the State, on the north by 
Mason and Dixon's line, which is the southern boundary of the State of Penn- 
sylvania, on the east by Washington County, and on the west by Garrett County. 
The surface is an alternation of ridges and valleys, trending nearly northeast and 
southwest, the latter drained by streams flowing into Potomac River. The area 
of the county is 432 square miles, of which more than one-fourth, or 75,900 acres, 
was under cultivation in 1900. The population for the same year was 53,694. 
The county seat and chief city is Cumberland, a coal-mining center of much 
importance, with a population of 17,128 in 1900. The average magnetic declina- 
tion in the county in 1900 was 4° 5 / west. The annual rainfall commonly ranges 
between 45 and 50 inches and the.mean annual temperature between 45° and 50°. 
Allegany; post village in Allegany County on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania 
Railroad. 
Allegany Grove; village in Allegany County. 
Allegany Heights; summit of Backbone Mountain in Garrett County; height, 
3,187 feet. 
Allen; village in Wicomico County. 
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