Maryland

**Maryland** is a state in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States of America. Its capital is Annapolis, and its most populous city is Baltimore.

The governor of Maryland is Wes Moore. He was elected in the 2022 election. Moore is the first Black governor of Maryland and the third Black governor in United States history.

The state bird is the Baltimore Oriole.  The state flower is the Black-eyed Susan (_Rudbeckia hirta_).  The state reptile is the diamondback terrapin.  The state crustacean is the blue crab.  The state motto is _Fatti maschii, parole femine_, which is Italian for "Manly deeds, womanly words".  Maryland is the only state with a motto in Italian.

Maryland has many places important to the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War.  One of these places is Fort McHenry, which defended against the British Empire during the War of 1812.  Another place is the Antietam National Battlefield, where the Battle of Antietam took place in 1862 during the American Civil War.

Silver Spring, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Frederick, Hagerstown, Cumberland, Salisbury, Greenbelt are other cities.

Maryland was founded by English Catholic settlers who wanted a place where they could freely practice Catholicism. It was the seventh state to join the US. Maryland is known as the "Old Line State," named after the Maryland Line, a regiment that fought in the American Revolution. Maryland surrounds most of the Chesapeake Bay, and the state is known for its Crabs and Crab Cakes.

Baltimore, the largest city in Maryland, is a major city that is home to the National Aquarium, Fort McHenry, and the Camden Yards baseball park. Annapolis is very famous for being the home of the United States Naval Academy, one of the flagship service academies in the United States.

Maryland was home to several different Indian tribes when English settlers arrived in the seventeenth century. The Algonquian-speaking Indians of the Chesapeake Bay and coastal areas included the Nanticoke, Piscataway, Assateagues and Pocomoke Indians. Iroquois-speaking groups such as the Susquehannocks lived in the Piedmont and mountains.

## Related pages

- Colleges and universities in Maryland
- List of counties in Maryland

## Other websites

- Maryland Office of Tourism
- Energy Data & Statistics for Maryland
- USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Maryland
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
- Maryland State Facts from USDA
- Maryland State Archives: Special Collections, Map Collections
- Maryland Historical Society: County Maps
- The Huntingfield Map Collection

## Infobox (u.s. state)

- **name**: Maryland
- **official name**: State of Maryland
- **image flag**: Flag of Maryland.svg
- **flag link**: Flag of Maryland
- **image seal**: Seal of Maryland (reverse).svg
- **image map**: Maryland in United States (zoom).svg
- **nicknames**: "Maryland 400, Old Line State", "Free State", "Little America", "America in Miniature"
- **population demonym**: Marylander
- **former**: Province of Maryland
- **seat**: Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis
- **largestcity**: Baltimore
- **largestcounty**: Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery
- **legislature**: Maryland General Assembly, General Assembly
- **upperhouse**: Maryland Senate, Senate
- **lowerhouse**: Maryland House of Delegates, House of Delegates
- **judiciary**: Supreme Court of Maryland
- **postal code**: MD
- **tradabbreviation**: Md.
- **officiallang**: None (English, _de facto_)
- **area rank**: 42nd
- **area total sq mi**: 12,407
- **area total km2**: 32,133
- **area land sq mi**: 9,776
- **area land km2**: 25,314
- **area water sq mi**: 2,633
- **area water km2**: 6,819
- **area water percent**: 21
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population rank**: 18th
- **2010pop**: 6,177,224
- **population density rank**: 5th
- **2000densityus**: 632
- **medianhouseholdincome**: $87,063
- **incomerank**: List of U.S. states and territories by income#States and territories ranked by median household income, 1st
- **admittanceorder**: 7th
- **admittancedate**: April 28, 1788
- **timezone1**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset1**: −05:00
- **timezone1 dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, EDT
- **utc offset1 dst**: −04:00
- **latitude**: 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N
- **longitude**: 75° 03′ W to 79° 29′ W
- **length mi**: 250
- **width mi**: 100
- **elevation ft**: 350
- **elevation max point**: Hoye-Crest
- **elevation max ft**: 3,360
- **elevation max m**: 1024
- **elevation min point**: Atlantic Ocean
- **elevation min ft**: 0
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **iso code**: US-MD
- **website**: maryland.gov


## Infobox (u.s. state symbols)

- **name**: Maryland
- **flag**: Flag of Maryland.svg
- **flagsize**: 175px
- **seal**: Seal_of_Maryland_(reverse).svg
- **bird**: Baltimore oriole
- **butterfly**: Baltimore checkerspot butterfly
- **crustacean**: Callinectes sapidus, Blue crab
- **fish**: Striped bass, Rock fish
- **flower**: Rudbeckia hirta, Black-eyed Susan
- **insect**: Baltimore checkerspot
- **sport**: Jousting
 Lacrosse
- **mammal**: Calico cat
 Chesapeake Bay Retriever
 Thoroughbred horse
- **reptile**: Diamondback terrapin
- **tree**: Quercus alba, White oak
- **beverage**: Milk
- **dance**: Square dance
- **dinosaur**: _Astrodon johnstoni_
- **food**: Callinectes sapidus, Blue crab
 Smith Island cake, Smith Island Cake
- **fossil**: _Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae_
- **gemstone**: Patuxent River stone
- **mineral**: Agate
- **poem**: "Maryland, My Maryland" by James Ryder Randall (1861, adopted 1939)
- **slogan**: Maryland of Opportunity
- **route marker**: MD Route 2.svg
- **quarter**: 2000 MD Proof.png
- **quarterreleasedate**: 2000