| Census Bureau Report |
| Time Zone: Eastern |
| Capital: Annapolis |
| Statehood Date: 4/28/1788 |
| Statehood Order: 07 |
| Flower: Black-Eyed Susan |
| Bird: Baltimore Oriole |
| Land: 9775 Sq. Miles |
| Water: 2632 Sq. Miles |
| Rank In Area Size: 42 |
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| One of the original 13 states, Maryland is in the middle of the Eastern Seaboard. It's believed that Lord Baltimore, who received a charter for the land in 1632, named the state after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I. The Mason and Dixon line was drawn in the 1760s to settle a dispute between the Penn and Calvert families. In addition to marking the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, it is the traditional boundary between the North and the South. |
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