Conowingo

Historical marker location:

Darlington, Maryland

( Marker is on Conowingo Road (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles south of Shuresville Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1930

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.