64 GAZETTEER OE MARYLAND. [bull. 231. 
Putnam; village in Harford County. 
Puzzley; run, a stream rising in Garrett County and flowing through Pennsylvania 
into Whites Creek. 
Pylesville; post village in Harford County on the Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail- 
road. 
Quaker; neck, a strip of land lying between East Fork of Langford Bay and Chester 
River in Kent County. 
Quaker; wharf on Chester River in Kent County. 
Quantico; creek, a tributary of Nanticoke River in Wicomico County. 
Queen Anne; county, organized in 1706, is situated on the eastern shore of Chesa- 
peake Bay, extending from the Delaware State line on the east to Chesapeake Bay 
on the west, and is bounded on the north by Chester River and south by Talbot 
and Caroline counties. The surface is generally low and level, and is drained 
by numerous creeks. The area is 376 square miles, of which almost three- 
fourths, or 172,396 acres, was under cultivation in 1900. The population for the 
same year was 18,364. The county seat is Centerville, with a population of 1,231 
inhabitants in 1900. The average magnetic declination in the county in 1900 
was 5° 35 / west. The annual rainfall commonly ranges between 45 and 50 
inches, and the mean annual temperature between 50° and 55°. 
Queen Anne; post village in Queen Anne County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore 
and Washington and the Queen Anne's railroads. 
Queenstown; creek, a small tributary of Chester River in Queen Anne County. 
Queenstown; town in Queen Anne County on the Queen Anne's Railroad. Popu- 
lation, 374. 
Queen Tree; landing on Patuxent River in St. Mary County. 
Queponco; village in Worcester County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Quince Orchard; post village in Montgomery County. 
Raccoon; creek, a small tributary to Fishing Bay in Dorchester County. 
Raccoon; point in Somerset County, projecting into Manokin River. 
Ragged; mountain, a spur of Polish Mountain in Allegany County. 
Ragged; point in Dorchester County, projecting into Little Choptank River. 
Raisins; wharf on Sassafras River in Kent County. 
Randallstown; post village in Baltimore County. 
Randolph; post village in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Raspeburg; post village in Baltimore County. 
Rattlesnake; small marshy island in Chincoteague Bay in Worcester County. 
Rattlesnake; landing on Chincoteague Bay in Worcester County. 
Rawlings; post village in Allegany County on the Baltimore and Ohio, and the 
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg railroads. 
Raxton; village in Baltimore County. 
Rayville; village in Baltimore County. 
Reason; run, a small stream rising in Garrett County and flowing through Penn- 
sylvania into Youghiogheny River. 
Reckord; post village in Baltimore County. 
Red; point in Cecil County, projecting into Northeast River. 
Red; outlying broken ridge west of and parallel to Meadow Mountain in Garrett 
County. 
Red; run, a small branch of BigPiney Run in Garrett County. 
Reddy; small branch of Hawlings River in Montgomery County. 
Redgate; post village in St. Mary County. 
Red House; branch, a small tributary of Tuckahoe Creek in Queen Anne County. 
Red House; creek, a small tributary of Back River in Baltimore County. 
Redhouse; post village in Garrett County. 
