Texas

Historical marker location:

Sharpsburg, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Cornfield Avenue and Dunker Church Road, on the right when traveling east on Cornfield Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1964

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.