Edmonston Road

Historical marker location:

8712 Edmonston Road, Berwyn Heights, Maryland

( Marker is on Edmonston Road north of Pontiac Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2008

Historic Berwyn Heights. Town of Berwyn Heights, Maryland.

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.