Queen Anne

History

According to the Maryland Municipal League: :In the 1850s, the area that is now the town of Queen Anne, was part of a 225-acre farm owned by Jacob Morgan. Initially, the town nucleus was nothing but a 1½-story dwelling, but in 1864 Mr. Morgan built a more substantial place—it was known locally as “the mansion house,” and the locale was known as Morganville. :At that time, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been laid as far south as Greensboro and, a little later, to Ridgely and Hillsboro and thence across Tuckahoe Creek. In 1878, the railroad purchased a site for a station across the creek in Queen Anne’s County, and, quite logically, named it Queen Anne when the station was finally put into service about 1882. The train station made Queen Anne a good location for sending agricultural products to large cities. Middlemen would bring milk in cans from local dairy farms to the station. Several houses in town were converted to small hotels to accommodate these people.

Geography

Queen Anne is located at (38.919039, -75.952827). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Tuckahoe Creek passes by the town. The likely birthplace of Frederick Douglass is 2–3 miles south, near the banks of the Tuckahoe. Maryland Route 404 passes to the north of town. Tuckahoe State Park is a short ride north of MD 404. The border between Talbot County and Queen Anne's County runs through the middle of town.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Charles Herbert Flowers High
  High · Springdale · 2,569 students · 21.1:1 ratio
• Duval High
  High · Lanham · 2,503 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• Bowie High
  High · Bowie · 2,460 students · 18.8:1 ratio
• Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High
  High · Upper Marlboro · 2,257 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter
  Other · Upper Marlboro · 1,486 students · 18.1:1 ratio
• Thomas Johnson Middle
  Middle · Lanham · 1,274 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Frederick Douglass High
  High · Upper Marlboro · 1,159 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Benjamin Tasker Middle School
  Middle · Bowie · 1,044 students · 15.1:1 ratio