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Frederick County covers 662 square miles and is the largest county area-wise in the state. It has undergone tremendous growth in the past few years and its population now numbers close to 225,000 The county is also among the top 1.5 percent of America's wealthiest counties, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. Within its borders are 12 municipalities and several communities.

Below are links to each of these municipalities and communities.
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20 years ago - To flush or not to flush. That is the $49,235 question Frederick Community College president Lee Betts asked the county commissioners Thursday. “In order to be able to use the johns in our new building we need more money for sewer taps,” Betts said in a Thursday morning work session.

S.W. Barrack & Sons, Maryland’s last burnt lime producer — a family business for 114 years — has been sold in a multimillion-dollar transaction, one of the largest financial deals in Woodsboro’s history.

50 years ago - Reps of the Maryland Fire Underwriters Rating Bureau yesterday afternoon checked and approved the city water pressure on the fire-conscious end section of Wilson Place, but refused to permit the Junior Fire Company to participate in the test.

FEDERALSBURG — Unless the bishop gives them a minister of their own, parishioners of United Methodist Church here today say they will cut appropriations for a minister’s salary. “The power of appointment is with the few ... but the power of the purse is still in the pew,” according to an old saying the local Methodists have adopted for their fight with Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam.

100 years ago - Major E. Swift, with a number of officers and a detachment of the War College, Washington, passed through Frederick this morning on their way to Antietam, where they will remain four days. The officers engaged in a series of campaign studies of the battlefields.

Nathan Plummer recently visited a spiritualistic medium in Washington, D. C., taking with him the following message to the late Senator Gorman: A. P. GORMAN — Anything more from my dear friend will be thankfully appreciated. Have you any knowledge of the treasure that is buried in Carroll county that brother and I are trying to find?


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