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Frederick County, Maryland

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—newspaper titles
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103historic places
—earliest paper
1748formed
271,717pop. 2020
110cemeteries
5CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 103 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Frederick, Middletown, Thurmont.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maryland is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Frederick titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

42 of 103 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

103 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Airview Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict2004
Amelung House and GlassworksUrbanaBuilding1973
ArcadiaFrederickBuilding1978
Beatty-Cramer HouseFrederickBuilding2021
Bennies Hill Road BridgeMiddletownStructure1979
Biggs Ford SiteFrederickSite1975
BloomsburyFrederickBuilding2000
Bowlus Mill HouseSpoolsvilleBuilding1996
Brandenburg, Henry, HouseMyersvilleBuilding2020
Brunswick Historic District (Additional Documentation)BrunswickDistrict1979
Buckeystown Historic DistrictBuckeystownDistrict1982
Buckingham House and Industrial School ComplexBuckeystownBuilding1982
Bullfrog Road BridgeTaneytownStructure1978
BurkittsvilleBurkittsvilleDistrict1975
Camp Greentop Historic DistrictThurmontDistrict1989
Camp Misty Mount Historic DistrictThurmontDistrict1989
Carrollton ManorBuckeystownBuilding1997
Catoctin Furnace Historic DistrictCatoctin FurnaceDistrict1972
Catoctin Mountain Park (Additional Documentation)ThurmontDistrict2014
Ceres Bethel AME ChurchBurkittsvilleBuilding2020
Clemson, Joanna & Dennis D. H., FarmUnion BridgeBuilding2025
Cockey-Jamison-Hendrickson House and StoreUrbanaBuilding2018
Crampton's Gap Historic DistrictBurkittsvilleDistrict2011
Crum Road BridgeWalkersvilleStructure1978
Cullen, Victor, Center, Old Administration BuildingSabillasvilleBuilding1990
Cullen, Victor, School Power HouseSabillasvilleBuilding1987
Drummine FarmNew MarketBuilding1987
Emmitsburg Historic District (Additional Documentation)EmmitsburgDistrict1992
Emmitsburg Historic District (Boundary Increase)EmmitsburgDistrict2024
Eyler, John, FarmsteadThurmontBuilding2006
Fat OxenUrbanBuilding1979
Fourpoints BridgeEmmitsburgStructure1978
Frederick ArmoryFrederickBuilding1985
Frederick Historic DistrictFrederickDistrict1973
Frederick Historic District (Boundary Increase)FrederickDistrict1988
Gambrill HouseFrederickBuilding1985
Graceham Moravian Church And ParsonageThurmontBuilding1976
Grossnickel, Peter of P., FarmMyersvilleBuilding1998
GuilfordFrederickBuilding1975
Harris FarmWalkersvilleBuilding1994
Hessian BarracksFrederickBuilding1971
Highland LodgeFrederickBuilding1998
Hood College Historic DistrictFrederickDistrict2002
Jones, Abraham, HouseLibertytownBuilding1973
Kemp PropertyFrederickBuilding2025
Kitterman-Buckey FarmJohnsvilleBuilding2005
L'Hermitage Slave Village Archeological SiteFrederickSite2008
LeGore BridgeWoodsboroStructure1978
Lewis Mill ComplexJeffersonBuilding1982
Linden GroveFrederickBuilding1987
Linganore FarmFrederickBuilding2000
Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick CityFrederickBuilding1972
Loys Station Covered BridgeThurmontStructure1978
Markell, George, FarmsteadFrederickBuilding2002
Mason and Dixon West Line Milestone Markers 76 and 77HarneyObject2018
Maynard, Thomas, HouseNew LondonBuilding1979
Middletown Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict2003
Monocacy National Battlefield NHLFrederickSite1973
Monocacy SiteDickersonSite1975
Motter, John C., HouseFrederickBuilding1982
Nallin Farm HouseFrederickBuilding1974
Nallin Farm Springhouse and Bank BarnFrederickBuilding1977
Nelson, Henry, HouseNew MarketBuilding1980
New Market Historic DistrictNew MarketDistrict1975
Nolands Ferry I Archeological Site (18FR17)TuscaroraSite1985
OaklandKnoxvilleBuilding2019
Old Mill Road BridgeRocky RidgeStructure1979
One-Million-Liter Test SphereFrederickStructure1977
Pearre-Metcalfe HouseUnionvilleBuilding1979
PennterraCreagerstownBuilding1976
Poffenberger Road BridgeMiddletownStructure1978
Point of Rocks Railroad StationPoint of RocksBuilding1973
Prospect HallFrederickBuilding1980
Rich MountainFrederickBuilding2005
Roddy Road Covered BridgeThurmontStructure1978
Rose Hill ManorFrederickBuilding1971
Rosenstock Village SiteFrederickSite2018
Routzahn-Miller FarmsteadMiddletownBuilding2006
SaleaudoFrederickBuilding1979
ScheifferstadtFrederickBuilding1974
Schifferstadt (aka Scheifferstadt) NHLFrederickBuilding
Shafer's MillMiddletownBuilding1986
Sheffer, Daniel, FarmMiddletownBuilding2001
Shoemaker III Village SiteEmmitsburgSite1975
Shoemaker, Henry, FarmhouseMiddletownBuilding1989
Smeltzer, Henry, FarmsteadMiddletownBuilding2010
Spring BankFrederickBuilding1984
St. Euphemia's School and Sisters' HouseEmmitsburgBuilding1984
St. John's Church at Creagerstown Historic DistrictThurmontDistrict2007
St. Joseph's College and Mother Seton ShrineEmmitsburgDistrict1976
St. Joseph's College and Mother Seton Shrine (Additional Documentation)EmmitsburgDistrict1976
St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchPoint of RocksBuilding1978
Stancioff HouseUrbanaBuilding1975
Stonebraker and Harbaugh-Shafer BuildingMiddletownBuilding2002
Strawberry HillCreagerstownBuilding1976
TipahatoCascadeBuilding2001
Turner's and Fox's Gaps Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict2011
Utica Covered BridgeThurmontStructure1978
Widrick, George, HouseFrederickBuilding1985
Willard, George,HouseJeffersonBuilding1993
Wolfe, James K.P., HouseFrederickBuilding2002
Woods Mill FarmWoodsboroBuilding2007
Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike Company TollhouseWalkersvilleBuilding1979

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Frederick was formed in 1748 (1748-12-10) from Prince Georges.

FREDERICK created from PRINCE GEORGES and Non-County Area 1; Non-County Area 1 eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Frederick County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

272k151k31k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
30,79131,52340,45936,40546,59150,48251,92052,54157,31262,28771,930114,792195,277271,717

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Monocacy National BattlefieldPark unit11.5 km
Catoctin Mountain ParkPark unit20.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

110 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 110 listed
NameLatLon
Apples Cemetery39.6312-77.39582
Beaver Dam Cemetery39.5487-77.20554
Bethel Cemetery39.56981-77.21054
Bethel Cemetery39.49759-77.44971
Brook Hill Cemetery39.47704-77.45776
Browns Cemetery39.64426-77.48887
Burkittsville Union Cemetery39.39398-77.62777
Bush Creek Cemetery39.36534-77.26986
Central Chapel Cemetery39.4339-77.25424
Chapel Lutheran Church Cemetery39.48648-77.2797
Church of God Cemetery39.4262-77.6261
Dodge Chapel Cemetery39.68676-77.40637
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery39.34382-77.32176
Elder Cemetery39.67287-77.35137
Elias Cemetery39.68398-77.29304
Emmitsburg Cemetery39.71315-77.30887
Fairmont Cemetery39.48286-77.25222
Fairview Cemetery39.42242-77.39126
Fairview Chapel Cemetery39.4215-77.31119
Flint Hill Cemetery39.31037-77.40193
Frederick Reformed Cemetery39.41732-77.41443
Friends Cemetery39.37233-77.27554
Friends Creek Cemetery39.71559-77.40404
Garfield Cemetery39.60787-77.51999
German Baptist Cemetery39.55676-77.1972
Germantown Church of God Cemetery39.70008-77.48648
Glade Cemetery39.49537-77.35137
Grace Rocky Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery39.53065-77.28776
Graceham Cemetery39.61703-77.37832
Grossnickle Church of the Brethren Cemetery39.54454-77.52943
Hammond Cemetery39.40982-77.25359
Harlan Cemetery39.53399-77.31315
Harmony Brethren Cemetery39.49427-77.5331
Harmony Cemetery39.49448-77.5365
Haughs Cemetery39.58843-77.26415
Highland Cemetery39.52093-77.51748
Hope Hill Cemetery39.32691-77.38558
Israel Creek Cemetery39.49343-77.33137
Jefferson Union Cemetery39.3626-77.53445
Jefferson United Methodist Church Cemetery39.36263-77.53287
Jerusalem Cemetery39.52359-77.57956
Johnson Cemetery39.47232-77.51665
Johnsville Cemetery39.53513-77.23118
Johnsville Cemetery39.53924-77.23133
Koontz Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery39.27919-77.42765
Linganore Chapel Cemetery39.48006-77.18474
Locust Grove Cemetery39.43482-77.19915
Marvin Chapel Cemetery39.37454-77.2072
Memorial Park Cemetery39.41126-77.43899
Middletown Cemetery39.44224-77.54391
Monocacy Cemetery39.6062-77.31776
Mount Bethel Cemetery39.62009-77.51276
Mount Hope Cemetery39.43454-77.62721
Mount Hope Cemetery39.5265-77.31371
Mount Moriah Cemetery39.64814-77.49638
Mount Olivet Cemetery39.40238-77.41682
Mount Prospect Cemetery39.39482-77.18026
Mount Prospect Hill Cemetery39.54343-77.42137
Mount Tabor Cemetery39.60481-77.31748
Mount Tabor Cemetery39.47954-77.58888
Mount Zion Cemetery39.38938-77.48796
Mount Zion Cemetery39.4337-77.31012
Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery39.51287-77.56832
Mountain View Cemetery39.70953-77.33526
Mountaindale Cemetery39.51954-77.43693
Myersville Cemetery39.50734-77.56795
New Market United Methodist Church Cemetery39.38465-77.26941
Oak Hill Cemetery39.56426-77.31304
Old Lutheran Cemetery39.31462-77.63015
Old Mount Saint Marys Cemetery39.6812-77.35748
Old Reformed Cemetery39.32915-77.66478
Otterbein Chapel Cemetery39.70754-77.43241
Park Heights Cemetery39.31683-77.61454
Pleasant Grove United Methodist Cemetery39.32789-77.27812
Pleasant Hill Cemetery39.46343-77.44637
Pleasant View Church of the Brethren Cemetery39.40293-77.60855
Pleasant Walk Cemetery39.54259-77.58582
Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery39.33528-77.22969
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery39.49259-77.39693
Rocky Springs Cemetery39.44016-77.44142
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Canavest39.27288-77.53943
Dennis39.36649-77.33304
Eyeler39.68621-77.40693
Frederick39.54927-77.20693
Longs39.67538-77.32915
Retreat Grove39.47093-77.38165
Roddy39.64065-77.40193

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Monocacy6,76810.2 kmMD007
South Mountain2,29717.5 kmMD002
Boonsborough1,93324.0 kmMD006
Antietam7,38929.0 kmMD003
Shepherdstown13,82034.1 kmWV016

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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