Historical Markers in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Bel Air is the county seat for Harford County
Aberdeen Proving Ground is in Harford County
Harford County(204) ► ADJACENT TO HARFORD COUNTY Baltimore County(336) ► Cecil County(184) ► Kent County(101) ► Lancaster County, Pennsylvania(547) ► York County, Pennsylvania(438) ►
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Here beside Bush River was county seat of Baltimore County, then largely wilderness including what is now Harford County. By 1676 Courthouse had been built. About ¼ mile south of surviving cemetery of Phillips family. (Here is buried Martha Paca . . . — — Map (db m149109) HM
On Spesutie Island Road, 0.5 miles east of Hopkins Road, on the left when traveling east.
The name is derived from the Latin for Utie's Hope, a 2,300-acre manorial grant in 1661 to Col. Nathaniel Utie, for whom this island was surveyed in 1658. Settling here from Virginia, Utie traded with the Indians, became a member of the Maryland . . . — — Map (db m4707) HM
