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About Abingdon

'''ABINGDON'''

is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States.
Interwiki: GNIS » 582856|Abingdon (Populated Place)
It lies 25 miles northeast of Baltimore on State Route 7, near the Bush River, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) northeast of Exit 77 off Interstate Route 95.


HISTORY


Abingdon was named after Abingdon, England.
Interwiki: cite book » title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|year=1905|pages=22|author=Gannett, Henry|url=http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Origin_of_Certain_Place_Names_in_the.pdf?id=BqwPAAAAIAAJ&output=pdf&sig=3IVIg6u-evPGlrv4j1uDL7rQ09c

The town was founded by and is the birthplace of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the third Governor of Maryland. Abingdon was the site of the first Methodist college in the United States. Interwiki: Citation needed » date=February 2011
Woodside was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Interwiki: NRISref » 2008a
The Nelson-Reardon-Kennard House was listed in 1991.


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