National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark

Historical marker location:

3816 Old Furnace Road, Snow Hill, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Old Furnace Road and Millville Road.)

Marker installed: 1991

Nassawango Iron Furnace. ca. 1828 - 1850.

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.