Mineral County / State of Maryland

Mineral County / State of Maryland (HM4E3)

Location: Kitzmiller, MD 29620 Abbeville County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 23.199', W 79° 10.834'

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Mineral County. Formed from Hampshire in 1866. Named for its great mineral deposits. In Mineral County, Fort Ashby, the only standing unit in the chain of frontier forts which were built in 1755 under Washington's orders.

State of Maryland. Named for Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, who gave a royal charter to Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, in 1632. First settlement at St. Mary's City in 1634. It was one of the 13 original colonies.
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HM NumberHM4E3
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Date Added Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 9:49am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 656692 N 4361263
Decimal Degrees39.38665000, -79.18056667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 23.199', W 79° 10.834'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 23' 11.94" N, 79° 10' 50.04" W
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Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 102 WV-42, Kitzmiller MD 29620, US
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