MARYLAND STATE HOUSE (CAPITOL)

The Maryland State House, located in Annapolis, is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772. The capitol has the distinction of being topped by the largest wooden dome in the United States constructed without nails.  The dine was added to the building between 1785-94, and has a height of 181 feet, exterior to the weather vane.

MARYLAND STATE HOUSE FROM COLLEGE AVENUE

By Martin Falbisoner - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28359098

HANCOCK, MARYLAND

Hancock is a town in Washington County, Maryland that is notable for being located at the narrowest part of the state. The north-south distance from the Pennsylvania state line to the West Virginia state line is only 1.8 miles. The 1.8-mile distance from the Maryland/Pennsylvania state line to the Maryland/West Virginia state line is the smallest non-vertex* border-to-border distance of any U.S. state. *A vertex is a point where two or more lines, curves or edges meet.

Google Earth Screenshot Showing Distance from Maryland/Pennsylvania State Line to Maryland/West Virginia State Line

AUTOMOBILE LICENSE PLATE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION (ALPCA) BEST PLATE OF 2018 AWARD

MARYLAND’S “TREASURE THE CHESAPEAKE” PLATE IS THE BEST PLATE FOR 2018

2018 VOTING RESULTS FOR PLATE OF THE YEAR
Maryland	714
Florida	564
Oklahoma	519
Japan	498
Iowa	353
Tennessee	362
Nevada	336
Illinois	327
Colorado	260
Minnesota	256
Alberta	190
Maine	156
Nova Scotia	145

INTERSTATE 97

I-97 lies entirely within Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and is the only primary Interstate Highway outside of Hawaii that does not cross a county line. At 17.62 miles it is also the shortest Interstate Highway.

ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND

Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and is the county seat of Howard County, Maryland. Ellicott City’s population at the 2010 census of 65,834 qualifies it as the largest unincorporated county seat in the U.S.