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More About Maryland

Capital: Annapolis
Statehood: April 28, 1788 (The Seventh State)
Origin of Name: Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I

Area: 12,193 miles, ranks 42nd in the nation

Sales Tax: 6%

Four-Year Maryland
Colleges & Universities
Bowie State University
Coppin State University
Frostburg State University
Goucher College
Hood College
Johns Hopkins University
Loyola University Maryland
Morgan State University
Maryland Institute College of Art
McDaniel College
Mount St. Mary’s College
Notre Dame of MD University
St. John’s College
St. Mary’s College of MD
Salisbury University Maryland Has... Driving Distances to
Stevenson College
• 9,844 square miles of land Baltimore (in hours)
Towson University
• 623.35 square miles of inland water New York: 3 hours
University of Baltimore
• 31 miles of Atlantic Ocean coast Pittsburgh: 4 hours
University of Maryland (11 campuses)
• Almost 4,000 miles of shoreline Philadelphia: 1 hour 40 min
United States Naval Academy
• 400 lakes, all man-made Washington DC: 1 hour 40 min
Washington College
• The Chesapeake Bay Richmond VA: 3 hours
(America’s largest estuary) Ocean City MD: 3 hours
• 23 counties and Baltimore City
• 40 State Parks
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