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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 Morgansville.
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.
That was the genesis of the town known today as Queen Anne.
It grew quickly, becoming an important commercial center for the
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad. In those days,
Tuckahoe Creek that winds lazily through Queen Anne on its way
to the Choptank River, was used by scows to haul grain from down
river to the railroad.
Queen Anne today is a pleasant town of residences and local
rural commerce. It is situated in two counties (Queen Anne’s and
Talbot) and borders on Caroline County.
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