Hyattstown, Maryland
Hyattstown is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.[1]
Established in 1798 by founder Jesse Hyatt, Hyattstown is located on Maryland Route 355 in upper Montgomery County. In this full-service town, there was the Hyattstown Inn, a one-room school-house, a butcher, a blacksmith, and other commercial venues. These historical commercial buildings are now private homes.
Quarries nearby supplied slate for roofing the old United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.[2]
Hyattstown was the location of a Civil War artillery battle between General Nathaniel Prentice Banks' troops and General Stonewall Jackson's troops in 1862.[2]
The town is also close to Frederick County, Maryland, up where it borders Urbana.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hyattstown, Maryland
- ^ a b Maryland Writer's Project, Works Project Administration. Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State. Oxford University Press. August 1940. p. 511.
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