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 Maryland Manual On-Line, 2020

July 31, 2020

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COUNTY SEATS

[photo, Cecil County Administration Building, 200 Chesapeake Blvd., Elkton, Maryland] In Maryland, the county seat is the town or city where county government is centered. Here is where the executive and legislative branches of county government have their offices, and where the county courthouse is found.



Cecil County Administration Building, 200 Chesapeake Blvd., Elkton, Maryland, May 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Anne Arundel County Courthouse, Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland]


Anne Arundel County Courthouse, Church Circle, Maryland, November 1999. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, George Howard Building, 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland]
HARFORD COUNTY
  • Bel Air, MD 21014

    • HOWARD COUNTY
  • Ellicott City, MD 21043

    • George Howard Building, 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland, October 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Kent County Courthouse, 103 Cross St., Chestertown, Maryland]


    Kent County Courthouse, 103 Cross St., Chestertown, Maryland, October 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Talbot County Courthouse, 11 North Washington St., Easton, Maryland]


    Talbot County Courthouse, 11 North Washington St., Easton, Maryland, August 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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