|annett.] GAZETTEER OF MARYLAND, 11 
Allen Fresh; village in Charles County. 
Allibone; village in Harford County. 
Allomay; creek, heads in Pennsylvania and (lows through Carroll County into the 
Monocacy River. 
Almshouse; creek, small branch of South River in Anne Arundel County. 
Alpha; post village in Howard County. 
Altamont; post village in Garrett County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Ambrose; run, a small branch of Cherry Run in Garrett County. 
American Corners; post village in Caroline County. 
Ammendale; post village in Prince George County on the Baltimore and Ohio 
Railroad. 
Amos; falls, in Susquehanna River in Cecil and Harford counties. 
Amos; small island in Susquehanna River in Harford County. 
Amos; post village in Harford County. 
Anacostia; river, rising in Prince George County and flowing through the District 
of Columbia into Potomac River. 
Andersontown; post village in Caroline County. 
Andora; post village in Cecil County. 
Annapolis; city and the capital of the State, situated in Anne Arundel County on 
the Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore and the Baltimore and Annapolis 
Short Line railroads. Population, 8,525. 
Annapolis Harbor; small inlet of Severn River in Anne Arundel County. 
Annapolis Junction; station in Howard County on the Annapolis, Washington and 
Baltimore and the Baltimore and 'Ohio railroads. 
Annapolis Roads; a small inlet of Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County. 
Anne Arundel; county, situated in the central part of the State, bounded on the 
north by Baltimore County, east by Chesapeake Bay, south by Calvert County, 
west by Patuxent River and Prince George County, and northwest by Howard 
County. The surface is of a rolling character, but has no very elevated points. 
The area of the county is 425 square miles,, of which more than one-half, or 
148,325 acres, was under cultivation in 1900. The county seat and largest city is 
Annapolis, the capital and oldest city in the State, with a population of 8,525 in 
1900. The average magnetic declination in the county in 1900 was 5° 0' west. 
The annual rainfall commonly ranges between 45 and 50 inches, and the mean 
annual temperature between 45° and 50°. 
Antietam; river, a branch of Potomac River in Washington County. 
Ape Hole; creek, small stream flowing into Pocomoke Sound in Somerset County. 
Applegarth; post village on Hooper Bland in Dorchester County. 
Appleton; post village in Cecil County. 
Aquasco; post village in Prince George County. 
Araby; post village in Frederick County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Arbutus; station in Baltimore County <>n the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Arden;-. post village in Somerset County on the New York, Philadelphia and Nor- 
folk Railroad. 
Ardwick; post village in Prince < reorge County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 
Washington Railroad. 
Arlington; station on the Western Maryland Railroad, partly in Baltimore County 
and partly in Baltimore City limits. 
Armiger; post village in Anne Arundel County. 
Arnold; point in Cecil County, projecting into Elk River. 
Arnold; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Severn River. 
Arnold; post village in Anne Arundel County on the Baltimore and Annapolis 
Short Line Railroad. 
