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Wakefield; post village in Carroll County on the Western Maryland Railroad. 
Walbrook; suburb of Baltimore City within its chartered limits on the Western 
Maryland Railroad. 
Waldorf; post village in Charles County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Walker; village in Baltimore County on the Northern Central Railway. 
Walkers Switch; post village in Baltimore County. 
Walkersville; town in Frederick County on the Northern Central Railway. Popu- 
lation, 359. 
Wallace; creek, a small tributary of Honga River in Dorchester County. 
Wallman; post village in Garrett County. 
Wallville; post village in Calvert County. 
Walnut; hill, a summit in Pea Ridge in Garrett County. Elevation, 2,770 feet. 
Walnut; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Curtis Creek. 
Walnut; small mountain ridge in Allegany County lying between Collier and War- 
rior mountains. 
Walnut; village in Wicomico County. 
Walston; village in Wicomico County on the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic 
Railway. 
Walters; post village in Baltimore County. 
Wango; village in Wicomico County. 
Wann; cove, a small inlet of East Fork of Langford Bay in Kent County. 
Ward; village in Somerset County on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk 
Railroad. 
Ward Chapel; village in Baltimore County. 
Warehouse; creek, a small tributary of Cox Creek in Queen Anne County. 
Waring-; village in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Warntel; run, a small tributary of Savage Run in Garrett County. 
Warren; post village in Baltimore County. 
Warrior; small mountain ridge in Allegany County. 
Warrior; run, a small tributary of North Branch of Potomac River in Allegany 
County. 
Warwick; point, a summit on east bank of Savage River in Garrett County. 
Warwick; post village in Cecil County. 
Washington; county, situated in the western mountainous portion of the State, 
bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, east by Blue Ridge Mountains, south 
and southwest by Potomac River, and west by Allegany County. The surface is 
an alternation of ridges and valleys, the latter being drained by Antietam, Cono- 
cocheague, and Israel creeks. The area is 458 square miles, of which more 
than two-thirds, or 197,948 acres, was under cultivation in 1900. The popula- 
tion for the same year was 45,133. The county seat is Hagerstown. Other 
towns are Sharpsburg and Williamsport, having populations of 1,030 and 1,472, 
respectively. The average magnetic declination in the county in 1900 was 4° 30'. 
The annual rainfall commonly ranges between 45 and 50 inches, and the mean 
annual temperature between 45° and 50°. 
Washington; creek, a small tributary of Patuxent River in St. Mary County. 
Washington Grove; post village in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and 
Ohio Railroad. 
Washington Junction; station in Frederick County on the Baltimore and Ohio 
Railroad. 
Waterbury; post village in Anne Arundel County on the Annapolis, Washington 
and Baltimore Railroad. 
Waterhole; cove, a small inlet of Harris Bay in Talbot County. 
Waterloo; village in Howard County. 
