Places

1895 Rand McNally Atlas

1895 Rand McNally Atlas

Populated Places

Annapolis (county seat)
Annapolis Neck
Arden on the Severn
Arnold
Beverly Beach
Bristol
Brooklyn Park
Cape Saint Claire
Chestnut Hill Cove
Churchton
Crofton
Crownsville
Davidsonville
Deale
Edgewater
Fairhaven
Ferndale

Fort Meade
Friendship
Galesville
Gambrills
Germantown
Gibson Island
Glen Burnie
Green Haven
Hanover (partly in Howard County)
Harmans
Harundale
Harwood
Herald Harbor
Highland Beach
Hillsmere Shores
Jacobsville

Jessup (partly in Howard County)
Lake Shore
Linthicum
Londontowne
Lothian
Maryland City
Mayo
Millersville
Naval Academy
Odenton
Orchard Beach
Owensville
Parole
Pasadena
Pumphrey
Riva

Riverdale
Riviera Beach
Rose Haven
Russett
Selby-on-the-Bay
Severn
Severna Park
Shady Side
Sherwood Forest
South Gate
Sudley
Tracys Landing
Waysons Corner
West River
Winchester-on-the-Severn
Woodland Beach

Hundreds

There were two types of subdivisions found in the County and its records in its early history. The first were hundreds. The concept of a hundred is old and dates to the Roman occupation of England. A Hundred was said to be an area that could raise a force of 100 soldiers However, Hundreds in Maryland seemed to primarily been used for tax collection and land rent purposes. The second subdivision occurred in 1692 when Parishes for the Church of England were established in Maryland.

There were five hundreds in Anne Arundel Co in 1707.

• Herring Creek Hundred was the southern-most part of the County
• West River Hundred lay to the north Herring Creek Hundred, around the West River
• South River Hundred, was the area between West River Hundred and the South River
• Middle Neck Hundred took in the area between the South River and Severn River
• Broad Neck and Town Hundred was area east of the Severn River and included the original settlement of Providence.

As the population grew, new hundreds were formed. The Hundreds of Anne Arundel County from the 1783 Tax Lists are the: Annapolis Hundred, Broad Neck Hundred, Elkridge Hundred, Elkridge Landing Hundred, Herring Creek Hundred, Huntingdon Hundred, Lyons Creek Hundred, Magothy Hundred, Middle Neck Hundred, Patapsco Hundred, Patuxent Hundred, Road River Hundred, Severn Hundred, South River Hundred, Town Neck Hundred, Upper Fork and Bear Ground Hundred - (this is in Howard County today), and West River Hundred.

In 1692 the Maryland Assembly passed an act establishing the Church of England as basically the state church and setup the establishment of Parish boundaries and establish vestries to support the church. The parish was to keep a register of all the births, deaths, and marriages. The Quakers also kept minutes of their meetings in which births, marriages, and deaths were recorded. The Parishes for Anne Arundel County through the 18th Century were:

• St. James Parish (also called Herring Creek Parish) took in all of Herring Creek Hundred and part of the West River Hundred. It basically took in the southern part of Anne Arundel County below West River and Muddy Creek. St. James Church today is located on Rt 2.
• All Hallows Parish (also called South River Parish) took in the area of South River Hundred and part of West River Hundred. It is basically the area south and west of South River, bounded to the south by St. James Parish. All Hallows Church is located today near Davidsonville. The orginial church was apparently erected near Birdsville.
• St. Annes Parish (also known as Middle Neck Parish) included the land between the South River and Severn River. The church is located today in the center of Church Circle in Annapolis.
• St. Margaret's, Westminister Parish (also called Broad Neck Parish) This parish took in Broad Neck and Town Hundreds and was the area east and north of Severn River extending up to the Baltimore County Line (St. Paul's Parish).
• Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, was formed in 1728 from the western portions of All Hallows, St. Anne's and St. Margaret's, Westminster Parishes. This parish included the area which is now Howard County and the western edge of Anne Arundel County. The chapel was built near Guilford.

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