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Sharpsburg, Maryland

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Sharpsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States, located approximately south of Hagerstown. [1]

63 relations: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Antietam Creek, Antietam National Battlefield, Area codes 240 and 301, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of South Mountain, Census, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Confederate States of America, Crampton's Gap, Deputy mayor, Emancipation Proclamation, Federal Information Processing Standards, Fox's Gap, French and Indian War, Geographic Names Information System, George B. McClellan, German Americans, Good-Reilly House, Hagerstown, Maryland, Horatio Sharpe, Howell G. Crim, Jacob Highbarger House, Joseph C. Hays House, List of counties in Maryland, List of sovereign states, Marriage, Maryland, Mayor, Memorial Day, Mount Airy (Sharpsburg, Maryland), Municipal corporation, National Register of Historic Places, National Road, Per capita income, Piper House, Population density, Potomac River, Poverty threshold, Proprietary governor, Province of Maryland, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Robert E. Lee, Sharpsburg Historic District, South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania), South Mountain State Park, Swiss Americans, ..., Tolson's Chapel, Turner's Gap, U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Hagerstown–Frederick, Maryland), U.S. state, United States Census Bureau, Washington County, Maryland, White House Chief Usher, William Chapline House, William Hagerman Farmstead, Wilson–Miller Farm, Woburn Manor, ZIP Code, 2010 United States Census. Expand index (13 more) »

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Antietam Creek

Antietam Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Antietam National Battlefield

Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland.

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Area codes 240 and 301

North American area codes 240 and 301 are telephone area codes for the western half of Maryland.

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Army of Northern Virginia

The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek.

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Battle of South Mountain

The Battle of South Mountain—known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap—was fought September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the "Grand Old Ditch," operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Crampton's Gap

Crampton's Gap, also known as Crampton Gap, is a wind gap on South Mountain in Maryland.

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Deputy mayor

Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments.

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Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Fox's Gap

Fox's Gap, also known as Fox Gap, is a wind gap in the South Mountain Range of the Blue Ridge Mountains, located in Frederick County and Washington County, Maryland.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–63) comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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Good-Reilly House

The Good-Reilly House is a historic home located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Hagerstown, Maryland

Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Horatio Sharpe

Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790) was the 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland from 1753 to 1768 under the restored proprietary government of Maryland.

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Howell G. Crim

Howell Gardner Crim (October 2, 1898 – May 11, 1959) was an American civil servant best known for being the Chief Usher of the White House in Washington, D.C., from 1938 to 1957.

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Jacob Highbarger House

The Jacob Highbarger House was built circa 1832 in Sharpsburg, Maryland, United States.

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Joseph C. Hays House

The Joseph C. Hays House at 103-105 West Main Street in Sharpsburg, Maryland, United States was originally built in 1823 as a three-bay side hall double-parlor house in the Federal style.

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List of counties in Maryland

There are twenty-four counties and county-equivalents in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

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Mount Airy (Sharpsburg, Maryland)

Mount Airy, also known as Grove Farm, is a historic home located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Municipal corporation

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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National Road

The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Piper House

The Piper House is a historic home located at the southeast corner of Main and Church Streets in Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Proprietary governor

A proprietary governor is an individual authorized to govern a proprietary colony.

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Province of Maryland

The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.

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Sharpsburg Historic District

Sharpsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland.

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South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)

South Mountain is the northern extension of the Blue Ridge Mountain range in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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South Mountain State Park

South Mountain State Park is a public recreation area that runs for nearly the entire length of South Mountain through Washington and Frederick counties in Maryland.

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Swiss Americans

Swiss Americans are Americans of Swiss descent.

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Tolson's Chapel

Tolson's Chapel is a historic African American church located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Turner's Gap

Turner's Gap is a wind gap in the South Mountain Range of the Blue Ridge Mountains, located in Frederick County and Washington County, Maryland.

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U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Hagerstown–Frederick, Maryland)

U.S. Route 40 Alternate (US 40 Alternate) is an alternate route of US 40 in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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Washington County, Maryland

Washington County is located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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White House Chief Usher

The White House Chief Usher is the head of household staff and operations at the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America.

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William Chapline House

The William Chapline House in Sharpsburg, Maryland, United States is a large stone house built about 1790.

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William Hagerman Farmstead

The William Hagerman Farmstead is a historic home located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Wilson–Miller Farm

Wilson–Miller Farm is a historic home and farm located near Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Woburn Manor

Woburn Manor is a historic home and farm located near Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpsburg,_Maryland

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