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Brookeville, Maryland, the Glossary

Brookeville is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, located north of Washington, D.C., and north of Olney.^[1]

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1794 establishments in Maryland
1808 establishments in Maryland
Quakerism in Maryland

Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Agriculture in the United States

Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food.

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The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Legion

The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Anne Kaiser

Anne R. Kaiser (born February 10, 1968) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 14 since 2003.

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Area codes 301, 240, and 227

Area codes 301, 240, and 227 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Ashton, Maryland

Ashton is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.

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Bernice Mireku-North

Bernice D. Mireku-North (born October 29, 1981) is an American politician.

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Brookeville Academy

The Brookeville Academy is located in the heart of the Historic District in Brookeville, Maryland, a town located north of Washington, D.C., and north of Olney in northeastern Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Brookeville Historic District

The Brookeville Historic District is a national historic district located at Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Burning of Washington

The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral Sir John Warren's Chesapeake campaign.

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Caleb Bentley

Caleb Bentley (1762–1851) was an American silversmith, shopkeeper, and first postmaster in Brookeville, Maryland.

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Capital Beltway

The Capital Beltway is a auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Washington metropolitan area that surrounds Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia.

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Carroll County, Maryland

Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Castor oil

Castor oil is a vegetable oil pressed from castor beans.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Commuting

Commuting is periodically recurring travel between a place of residence and place of work or study, where the traveler, referred to as a commuter, leaves the boundary of their home community.

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Craig Zucker

Craig Jason Zucker (born March 23, 1975) is an American politician who has represented District 14 in the Maryland Senate since 2016.

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Demonym

A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.

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Dolley Madison

Dolley Todd Madison (née Payne; May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862.

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Georgia Avenue

Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Hawlings River

Hawlings River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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HGTV

HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Historic preservation

Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK) is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance.

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Howard County, Maryland

Howard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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Interstate 70 in Maryland

Interstate 70 (I-70) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Cove Fort, Utah, to Woodlawn just outside of Baltimore, Maryland.

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James Madison

James Madison (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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Jamie Raskin

Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962), better known as Jamie Raskin, is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017.

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Karen S. Montgomery

Karen Slater Montgomery (born August 23, 1935) is an American politician and artist from the state of Maryland.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Laytonsville, Maryland

Laytonsville is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Brookeville, Maryland and Laytonsville, Maryland are towns in Maryland.

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List of counties in Maryland

There are 23 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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List of roads in Howard County, Maryland

Category:Roads in Howard County, Maryland Howard.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Log cabin

A log cabin is a small log house, especially a minimally finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Maryland House of Delegates

The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 650

Maryland Route 650 (MD 650) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Route 97

Maryland Route 97 (MD 97) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland Senate

The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Maryland State Archives

The Maryland State Archives serves as the central depository for government records of permanent value.

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Maryland's 8th congressional district

Maryland's 8th congressional district is concentrated almost entirely in Montgomery County, with a small portion in Prince George's County.

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Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is a public school district that serves Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New Hampshire Avenue

New Hampshire Avenue is a diagonal avenue in Washington, D.C., beginning at the Kennedy Center and extending northeast for about 5 miles (8 km) and then continuing into Maryland, where it is designated Maryland Route 650.

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Olney, Maryland

Olney is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Owner-occupancy

Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live.

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Pamela E. Queen

Pamela E. Queen is an American politician who serves as a Delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland's 14th Legislative District in northern Montgomery County.

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Patrick D. Gallagher

Patrick David Gallagher (born March 29, 1963) is an American physicist and former chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh.

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Patuxent River

The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland.

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Patuxent River State Park

Patuxent River State Park is a public recreation area located along the upper reaches of the Patuxent River in Howard and Montgomery counties in Maryland.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Plaster

Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Refrigerator

A refrigerator, colloquially fridge, is a commercial and home appliance consisting of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump (mechanical, electronic or chemical) that transfers heat from its inside to its external environment so that its inside is cooled to a temperature below the room temperature.

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Rockville, Maryland

Rockville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, and is part of the Washington metropolitan area.

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Safe

A safe (also called a strongbox or coffer) is a secure lockable enclosure used for securing valuable objects against theft or fire.

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Sandy Spring, Maryland

Sandy Spring is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Brookeville, Maryland and Sandy Spring, Maryland are Quakerism in Maryland.

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Scott Van Pelt

Scott Van Pelt (born) is an American sportscaster and sports talk show host employed by ESPN.

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Sherwood High School (Maryland)

Sherwood High School is a public high school in Sandy Spring in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Slavery in the United States

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

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In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present tense.

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Suburb

A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Triadelphia Reservoir

Triadelphia Reservoir is located on the Patuxent River, in Howard County and Montgomery County, Maryland near the town of Brookeville.

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U.S. Route 29 in Maryland

U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs for from Pensacola, Florida, to the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland.

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U.S. Route 40 in Maryland

U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in the U.S. state of Maryland runs from Garrett County in Western Maryland to Cecil County in the state's northeastern corner.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Undergraduate education

Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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Urban planning

Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning in specific contexts, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks, and their accessibility.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC Water) is a bi-county political subdivision of the State of Maryland that provides safe drinking water and wastewater treatment for Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland except for a few cities in both counties that continue to operate their own water facilities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookeville,_Maryland

Also known as Brookeville, Brookeville MD, Brookeville, MD, Brookville, MD, Brookville, Maryland.

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See also

1794 establishments in Maryland

1808 establishments in Maryland

Quakerism in Maryland

References