1861-1865
The Civil War profoundly affected county residents because of their proximity to Washington, D.C. —the Union Capital— and Virginia, the northern reach of the Confederate States of America. No community in Montgomery County was immune to the ravages of this war. Sandy Spring native William Farquhar recorded several occasions when his Quaker community witnessed "the taking of horses by violence, the pillage of stores and personal robbery, [and] had suffered quietly and without resistance." A significant portion of Sandy Spring's population belonged to the Quaker Religious Society of Friends organization.HM Number | HM1YUS |
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Date Added | Saturday, June 10th, 2017 at 9:01am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 31N E 166021 N 0 |
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Decimal Degrees | 39.12890000, -77.02583333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 7.734', W 77° 1.55' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 7' 44.04" N, 77° 1' 33" W |
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Area Code(s) | 301, 240 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 16501 Norwood Rd, Ashton-Sandy Spring MD 20860, US |
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