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FREDERICK
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Frederick county, See also:Maryland,U.S
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A., on See also:Carroll's See also:Creek, a tributary of the Monocacy, 61 m. by See also:rail W. by N. from See also:Baltimore and 45 M
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N.W. from See also:Washington
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Pop
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(1890) 8193; (1900) 9296, of whom 1535 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 10,411
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It is served by the Baltimore & See also:Ohio and the See also:Northern Central See also:railways, and by two interurban electric lines
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Immediately surrounding it is the See also:rich farming See also:land of the Monocacy valley, but from a distance it appears to be completely shut in by picturesque hills and mountains; to the E., the Linga ore Hills; to the W., Catoctin See also:Mountain; and to the S., See also:Sugar See also:Loaf Mountain
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It is built for the most See also:part of See also:brick and See also:
The See also:municipality owns and operates its See also:water-See also:works and electric-See also:lighting plant
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Frederick, so named in See also:honour of Frederick See also:Calvert, son and afterward successor of See also: |
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