Prince George's County
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Prince George's county, named in honor of Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne, was formed in 1695, having been originally a part of Charles. The seat of local government was first established at Mount Calvert on the Patuxent river, but it was soon removed to Upper Marlborough, (named for the Duke of Marlborough, in 1706.) The number of white children of school age is 6,175 and the number of colored children 5,179. Prince George's is one of the most progressive and prosperous counties of the state. Its growth is promoted largely by its proximity to the national capital. The resources of the county are mainly agricultural. In the upper section, bordering upon the District of Columbia, trucking is followed to a large extent. In the middle and southern sections corn, wheat, and tobacco are cultivated - the last named on an extensive scale, forming the staple product. The annual output of the county is larger than that of any other of the tobacco-growing counties. The principal towns are Upper Marlborough, Laurel, Hyattsville, Bladensburg, Forestville and Woodville. At Laurel there are cotton duck mills, and a cereal mill has recently been established at Hyattsville. Bladensburg has the distinction of having been the scene of one of the most significant battles of the War of 1812, and of many noted duels. The academy at Upper Marlborough, established in 1835, is managed by a board of seven trustees, and, has always had for its principal a capable teacher of the classics. Many persons who attained eminence in public and professional life were educated at this school. Even in colonial time, Prince George's county was conspicuous for being the home of cultured and educated people; and as early as 1745 Rev. Dr. Eversfield, Rector of St. Paul's parish, established a private school near his residence which he continued until his death in 1780. He taught Greek and Latin and furnished pupils with board at S53 per annum. The Maryland Agricultural College is in this county. The area of Prince George's is 480 square miles and its railroads are the Baltimore and Ohio; Baltimore and Potomac; Pope's Creek; and Chesapeake Beach lines. Back in the thirties the "Patuxent Manufacturing Company" was incorporated and established the present cotton mill at Laurel, the old name of the town being "Laurel Factory." The iron industry in Prince George's dates back over a century. The Snowdens, among the original settlers of the county, established furnaces at various points in southern Maryland. The Patuxent Furnace and Forge was long a notable industry. The only iron works now in operation in the county, or in rural Maryland, is the Muirkirk Furnace, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at Muirkirk. It was erected in 1847 by Andrew and Elias Ellicott and modeled after a furnace at Muirkirk, Scotland. The population of Laurel is 2,079, and of Hyattsville, 1,222.
Contributed 2025 Jan 27 by Norma Hass, extracted from Leading Events of Maryland History by E. Allen and L. VanBokkelen, pages 220-222.
Ager Road United Methodist Church (Hyattsville)
Asbury United Methodist Church (Brandywine, bef. 1880)
Bethel United Methodist Church (Upper Marlboro, 1961)
Chapel of the Incarnation (Brandywine)
Christ Church (Episcopal, Accokeek, bef. 1700)
Church of the Atonement (Cheltenham, 1874)
Community Ministry of Prince George's County (1972)
Dodge Park Methodist Church
Dodge Park Methodist Church [See Gethsemane UMC]
Ebenezer Meeting House (Beltsville, 1836) [See Emmanuel UMC]
Emmanuel United Methodist Church (Beltsville, 1836)
First Methodist Church (Hyattsville, 1793)
Forest Grove Methodist Episcopal Church South (Meadows)
Fort Washington United Methodist Church (1961)
Gethsemane United Methodist Church (Capitol Heights, merged 1980)
Glendale Baptist Church (Landover, 1927)
Holy Cross Lutheran Church (Greenbelt, 1944)
Memorial Methodist Church (Hyattsville)
Memorial Methodist Church (Hyattsville) [See University UMC]
Oxon Hill United Methodist Church (1811)
Page's Chapel (Episcopal, Croom, ca. 1743) [Became St. Thomas' Parish, 1850]
Pomonkey Chapel (Episcopal, 1824)
Providence United Methodist Church (Friendly, 1870)
Ridgley-Zion Methodist Church (Landover, 1871)
Ridgley-Zion Methodist Church (Landover, 1871) [See Gethsemane UMC]
Seat Pleasant Methodist Church (1909)
Seat Pleasant Methodist Church (1909) [See Gethsemane UMC]
Shaare Tikvah (Conservative, DC 1941, moved to MD 1965)
St. Barnabas Church (Episcopal, Leeland)
St. Jerome's (Catholic, Hyattsville, ca. 1883)
St. John's (Pomonkey) Chapel
St. John's Chapel (Episcopal, Pomonkey, 1824)
St. Mary's Chapel (Aquasco, 1848)
St. Mary's Church (Roman Catholic, Laurel)
St. Matthew's Church (Episcopal, Seat Pleasant)
St. Paul United Methodist Church (Oxon Hill, 1763)
St. Paul's Parish (Episcopal, Baden, bef. 1692)
St. Philip's (Episcopal, Baden, 1876)
St. Philips Church (Roman Catholic, Laurel)
St. Simon's Mission (Croom)
St. Thomas' Parish (Episcopal, Croom, 1850) [Formerly Page's Chapel]
Trinity Church (Episcopal, Upper Marlboro)
University United Methodist Church (College Park, 1948)
Worthington Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South (Beltsville, 1860's) [See Emmanuel UMC]
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