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Hagerstown; county seat of Washington County on the Baltimore and Ohio, the 
Cumberland Valley, the Norfolk and Western, and the Western Maryland rail- 
roads. Population, 13,591. 
Haha; small branch of Otter Point Creek in Harford County. 
Haight; village in Carroll County. 
Hail; creek, a small tributary of Chester River in Kent County. 
Hail; point in Kent County, projecting into Chester River. 
Haines; point in Somerset County, projecting into Tangier Sound. 
Halethorp; post village in Baltimore County on the Baltimore and Ohio and the 
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington railroads. 
Halfway; post village in Washington County on the Cumberland Valley Railroad. 
Hall; creek, a small tributary of Patuxent River in Calvert County. 
Hall; creek, a small stream in Somerset County flowing into Big Annemessex River. 
Hall; point in Somerset County, projecting into Tangier Sound. 
Hall; village in Prince George County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Hallowing 1 ; point in Calvert County, projecting into Patuxent River. 
Halls; hill, a summit in Hoop Pole Mountain Ridge in Garrett County. Height, 
2,700 feet. 
Halls; post village in Prince George County. 
Halpine: station in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Hambleton; creek, a small tributary of Chester River in Queen Anne County. 
Hambleton; creek, a small branch of Miles Creek in Talbot County. 
Hambleton; small island in Broad Creek in Talbot County. • 
Hambleton; post village in Talbot County. 
Hambrook; sand bar in Choptank River in Dorchester County. 
Hamburg; village in Frederick County. 
Hammock; point in Somerset County, projecting into Little Annemessex River. 
Hammond; branch, a tributary of Little Patuxent River in Howard County. 
Hampden; suburb of Baltimore city within its chartered limits. 
Hampstead; post village in Carroll County on the Western Maryland Railroad. 
Hance; point in Cecil County, projecting into Northeast River. 
Hancock; run, a small branch of Nanjemoy Creek in Charles County. 
Hancock; town in Wahington County; population, 824. 
Handys; hammock, a bit of marsh in Newport Bay in Worcester County. 
Hanesville; post village in Kent County. 
Hanover; post village in Howard County on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Hansonville; village in Frederick County. 
Happy Valley; branch, a small tributary of Susquehanna River in Cecil County. 
Harbor; cove, a small inlet of Eastern Bay in Talbot County. 
Hardesty; post village in Prince George County. 
Hardship; branch, a small tributary of Pocomoke River in Worcester County. 
Hardys Hole; passage between Mdls Island and a small adjacent island in Chin- 
coteague Bay in Worcester County. 
Harford; county, organized in 1773, is bounded on the east and southeast by Susque- 
hanna River and Chesapeake Bay, north by Pennsylvania, and on the west 
and southwest by Baltimore County. The surface is varied — the lower part 
being level, while above the Philadelphia turnpike it is undulating and quite 
. hilly in some parts. It is well drained by the branches of the Little Gunpowder 
Falls in the lower part, while Deer Creek and its branches drain the northern 
part. The area is 388 square miles, of which almost three-fourths, or 174,255 
acres, was under cultivation in 1900. The population for the same year was 
28,269. The county seat is Belair. The average magnetic declination in the 
county in 1900 was 5° 40' west. The annual rainfall commonly ranges between 
45 and 50 inches, and the mean annual temperature between 50° an! 55°. 
