Who Built this Village?

Historical marker location:

12610 Catoctin Furnace Rd, Thurmont, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Catoctin Furnace Road (Maryland Route 806) just south of Catoctin Hollow Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Catoctin Furnace African American Cemetery Interpretive Trail.

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.