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Bald Hill; small branch of Western Branch in Prince George County. 
Baldwin; post village in Baltimore County on the Maryland and Pennsylvania 
Railroad. 
Baldwin; post village in Cecil County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Ball; creek, a small branch of Broad Creek in Talbot County. 
Ballanger; creek, a small branch of Monocacy River in Frederick County. 
Baltimore; chief city of Maryland, situated on an excellent harbor in Chesapeake 
Ray. The city is independent of county government. It is entered by the fol- 
lowing railroads: Northern Central; Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington; 
Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line; Baltimore and Ohio; Western Maryland; 
and Maryland and Pennsylvania. Population, 508,957. 
Baltimore; county, situated in the northern central part of the State, bordered on the 
north by Pennsylvania, east by Harford County, west by Carroll County, and 
southwest and south by Patapsco River. This county is the most important one 
in the State, owing to its position surrounding Baltimore City. The surface is 
very uneven and varied. The area of the county is 656 square miles, more than 
one-half of which, or 244,806 acres, was under cultivation in 1 ( J00. The popula- 
tion for the same year was 90,755; the county seat, Towson, a town within a 
short distance of Baltimore City. The average magnetic declination in the 
county in 1900 was 5° 20 ' west, The annual rainfall commonly ranges between 
45 and 50 inches, and the mean annual temperature between 50° and 55°. 
Bank; post village in Cecil County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing- 
ton Railroad. 
Barclay; post village in Queen Anne County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 
Washington Railroad. 
Barksdale; post village in Cecil County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Barley; creek;- a small branch of South River in Anne Arundel County. 
Barnes; cove, a small inlet of Tangier Sound on Smith Island in Somerset County. 
Barnes Landing; creek, a small branch on Smith Island in Somerset County flow- 
ing into Chesapeake Bay. 
Barnesville; post village in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- 
road, 
Barrelville; village in Allegany County on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail- 
road. 
Barren; creek, a branch of Nanticoke River in Wicomico County. 
Barron; island in Dorchester County in Chesapeake Bay. 
Barron Creek; point in Dorchester County, projecting into Nanticoke River. 
Barron Neck; point in Talbot County, projecting into Harris Creek. 
Barstow; post village in Calvert County. 
Bartholows; post village in Frederick County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Bartlett; run, a small stream rising in Garrett County and flowing through Allegany 
County into Georges Creek. 
Barton; post village in Allegany County on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail- 
road. 
Basin; run, a small branch of Octararo Creek in Cecil County. 
Basket Switch; village in Worcester County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 
Washington Railroad. 
Bassett; creek, a small branch flowing into Newport Bay from Worcester County. 
Bats; neck, a strip of land lying between Warehouse and Shipping creeks in Queen 
Anne County. 
Battle; creek, a small branch of Patuxent River in Calvert County. 
Battle; post village in Calvert County. 
Bay; village in Carroll County. 
Bayard; post village in Anne Arundel County. 
