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Oct 23, 2020 · October 23, 2020. Many Prince Georgians take issue with the abbreviation of the county to two letters. (Joe Ryan/The Diamondback) Editor’s note: This story makes several references to the ways...
Established in 1696. Prince George's County was formed from land in Calvert and Charles Counties by an act of the General Assembly on Street George's Day, April 23, 1696. The County was named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Princess Anne, heir to the throne of England.
“We don’t abbreviate any other counties, and we deserve the respect to be called Prince George’s County,” Stone said. I'm not sure if "MoCo" counts as an abbreviation, but I've definitely heard "AA county" for Anne Arundel before.
5 days ago · Prince George’s, county, south-central Maryland, U.S. It consists of a piedmont and plains region bounded by the Patuxent River to the northeast and east and the Potomac River (constituting the border with Virginia) and Washington, D.C., to the west. Prince George’s county is home to Andrews Air.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Like the rest of Maryland’s counties, colonial Prince George’s was divided into subdivisions called “hundreds” and “parishes.” Parishes were self-governing units that supervised and supported churches — originally Catholic, but later the Church of England.
The county had a plantation economy and a population in 1860 that was more than half slave. The prominent families of Prince George’s County were slaveholders, and a significant number of their sons went south to fight for the Confederacy.
Prince George’s County was established in 1696, Named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Princess Anne, heir to the British throne. Originally extended from the Charles County line to the Pennsylvania border. Carried on tobacco trade from ports on the Potomac and Patuxent.
