Bridgeport

Historical marker location:

3700 Bullfrog Rd, Taneytown, Maryland

( Marker is on Maryland Route 140, 0.1 miles east of Bullfrog Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.