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'''Collington |
'''Collington''' was a settlement in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]], [[Maryland]], United States, dating from [[Province of Maryland|colonial times]].<ref>{{gnis|597266}}</ref> Collington has been subsumed by the city of [[Bowie, Maryland|Bowie]]. |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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Collington |
Collington was located at 38°58'6" North, 76°45'35" West (38.9684441 -76.7596914).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> |
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Collington stretched from the area near [[Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Bowie, Maryland)|Holy Trinity Episcopal Church]] on [[MD 450]] East toward the [[Belair Mansion]], south to where [[MD 197]], also called Collington Road, ends at [[US 301]] and west past Church Road. |
Collington stretched from the area near [[Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Bowie, Maryland)|Holy Trinity Episcopal Church]] on [[MD 450]] East toward the [[Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland)|Belair Mansion]], south to where [[MD 197]], also called Collington Road, ends at [[U.S. Route 301 in Maryland|US 301]] and west past Church Road. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Originally referred to as "Collington Hundreds", the settlement was more recently known as "Collington" |
Originally referred to as "Collington Hundreds", the settlement was more recently known as "Collington". |
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One of the earliest references to Collington, is in the proceedings of the Council of Maryland from 1696: |
One of the earliest references to Collington, is in the proceedings of the Council of Maryland from 1696: |
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"An Accot of the Hundreds in the Severall Counties of the |
"An Accot{{sic}} of the Hundreds in the Severall{{sic}} Counties of the Province Vizt ... |
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Prince Georges County is divided into Six Hundreds Vizt |
Prince Georges County is divided into Six Hundreds Vizt |
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:[[Mattapony|Mattapany]] |
:[[Mattapony|Mattapany]] |
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:[[Patuxent|Petuxant]] |
:[[Patuxent Hundred|Petuxant]] |
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:Collington |
:Collington |
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::1 Hundreds. |
::1 Hundreds. |
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:Mount Calvert |
:Mount Calvert |
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:[[Piscataway, Maryland|Piscattoway]] |
:[[Piscataway, Maryland|Piscattoway]] |
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:New Scotland"<ref> |
:New Scotland"<ref>{{cite web |
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| title = Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7:1698, Volume 23, Page 23 |
| title = Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7:1698, Volume 23, Page 23 |
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| publisher =[[Maryland State Archives]] |
| publisher = [[Maryland State Archives]] |
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| url = http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000023/html/am23--23.html |
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===Significant historic buildings in Collington=== |
===Significant historic buildings in Collington=== |
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In 1746, [[List of colonial governors of Maryland|Colonial Governor]] of Maryland, [[Samuel Ogle]] built the [[Belair Mansion]] and [[Belair Stable Museum|Belair stables]], in Collington, establishing his residence and the [[Belair Stud]] Farm.<ref> |
In 1746, [[List of colonial governors of Maryland|Colonial Governor]] of Maryland, [[Samuel Ogle]] built the [[Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland)|Belair Mansion]] and [[Belair Stable Museum|Belair stables]], in Collington, establishing his residence and the [[Belair Stud]] Farm.<ref> |
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| location =Bowie, Maryland |
| location =Bowie, Maryland |
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Baruch Duckett built [[Fairview Plantation]] around |
Baruch Duckett built [[Fairview Plantation]] around 1790 in Collington. [[Governor of Maryland|Maryland Governor]] [[Oden Bowie]] was born at Fairview in 1826 and is buried there.<ref> |
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|title=The Prince George's Hall of Fame |
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| location =New York |
| location =New York |
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| pages =[https://archive.org/details/annalsamericanp14spragoog/page/n64 34]–38 |
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| location =Bowie, Maryland |
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==Transportation== |
==Transportation== |
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The southern segment of [[Maryland Route 197]] is known as Collington Road. |
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| ⚫ | The [[Baltimore & Potomac Railroad]] Company had a passenger and freight station |
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James Mullican was appointed as the first overseer of roads in the [[Colony of Maryland]], appointed in April 1696.<ref name=melville>{{cite journal|last=Melville|first=Pat|title=ROADS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, 1696-1765|journal=The Archivists Bulldog|date=12 May 2003|volume=17|issue=9|page=1|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/refserv/bulldog/bull03/bull17-09/bull17-09.html|access-date=25 December 2013|publisher=Maryland State Archives}}</ref> In 1715, the court ordered the overseer of Collington Hundreds to construct a road from |
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[[St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Leeland|St. Barnabas' Church]] through the plantation owned by James Mullikin to Collington Bridge.<ref name=melville/> An additional segment was ordered at the same time for a road to connect from Collington Bridge to James Ridgeley's cart road at the [[Patuxent River]] at Sturgeon's Landing.<ref name=melville/> |
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| ⚫ | The [[Baltimore & Potomac Railroad]] Company had a passenger and freight station eponymously named Collington on the [[Pope's Creek Subdivision|Pope's Creek]] spur of its Southern Maryland Line, 4 miles south of [[Bowie Railroad Buildings|Bowie Station]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Official railway guide: North American freight service edition|year=1889|publisher=National Railway Publication Co|location=Philadelphia|pages=230|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKBCAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Baltimore%20and%20Potomac%20Railroad%22%20Leeland&pg=RA1-PA230}}</ref> |
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| publisher =[[Sacred Heart Church (Bowie, Maryland)|Sacred Heart Church]] |
| publisher =[[Sacred Heart Church (Bowie, Maryland)|Sacred Heart Church]] |
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</ref> Today, a 5200 foot long railroad siding is all that remains of this stop although the spur is still in use. It is located at mile post 3.0 on the spur<ref> |
</ref> Today, a 5200 foot long railroad siding is all that remains of this stop although the spur is still in use. It is located at mile post 3.0 on the spur<ref> |
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</ref> just south of where the spur crosses under [[Maryland Route 450]] near [[Maryland Route 197]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Sacred Heart Chapel 1741-1975: A Monograph on the Foundation and the Development of the old Sacred Heart Church - White Marsh|first=Reverend John F. | last= Hogan|year =1975}}</ref> |
</ref> just south of where the spur crosses under [[Maryland Route 450]] near [[Maryland Route 197]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Sacred Heart Chapel 1741-1975: A Monograph on the Foundation and the Development of the old Sacred Heart Church - White Marsh|first=Reverend John F. | last= Hogan|year =1975}}</ref> |
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==Geology== |
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Collington is known for its fine sandy [[loam]] soil on the surface making the area exceptional for agriculture.<ref name=soil>{{cite book|author1=Perkins, S.O.|author2=Bacon, S.R.|title=Soil Survey Reports:Soil Survey of Prince George's County, Maryland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SicjAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA14|year=1925|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Agriculture]], [[Natural Resources Conservation Service|Soil Conservation Service]]|pages=14–16}}</ref> In the early 20th century almost 85% of the area was under cultivation for corn, wheat and tobacco with the remainder consisting of hardwood forest.<ref name=soil/> |
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Below the topsoil lies layers of yellowish brown sandy clay and clay down to 48 inches.<ref name=soil/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[Collington Branch]] |
*[[Collington Branch]] |
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*[[Foxhill Park]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{Prince George's County, Maryland}} |
{{Prince George's County, Maryland}} |
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[[Category:Populated places in colonial Maryland]] |
[[Category:Populated places in colonial Maryland]] |
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Maryland]] |
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[[Category:Bowie, Maryland]] |
[[Category:Bowie, Maryland]] |
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[[Category:Populated places in Prince George's County, Maryland]] |
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Collington | |
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  Collington Location within the state of Maryland | |
| Coordinates: 38°58′6″N 76°45′35″W / 38.96833°N 76.75972°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Prince George's |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 597266 |
Collington was a settlement in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, dating from colonial times.[1] Collington has been subsumed by the city of Bowie.
Geography
[edit]Collington was located at 38°58'6" North, 76°45'35" West (38.9684441 -76.7596914).[2]
Collington stretched from the area near Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on MD 450 East toward the Belair Mansion, south to where MD 197, also called Collington Road, ends at US 301 and west past Church Road.
History
[edit]Originally referred to as "Collington Hundreds", the settlement was more recently known as "Collington".
One of the earliest references to Collington, is in the proceedings of the Council of Maryland from 1696:
"An Accot [sic] of the Hundreds in the Severall [sic] Counties of the Province Vizt ... Prince Georges County is divided into Six Hundreds Vizt
- Mattapany
- Petuxant
- Collington
- 1 Hundreds.
- Mount Calvert
- Piscattoway
- New Scotland"[3]
Significant historic buildings in Collington
[edit]In 1746, Colonial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle built the Belair Mansion and Belair stables, in Collington, establishing his residence and the Belair Stud Farm.[4]
Baruch Duckett built Fairview Plantation around 1790 in Collington. Maryland Governor Oden Bowie was born at Fairview in 1826 and is buried there.[5]
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was established in Collington in 1836.[6][7]
Transportation
[edit]The southern segment of Maryland Route 197 is known as Collington Road.
James Mullican was appointed as the first overseer of roads in the Colony of Maryland, appointed in April 1696.[8] In 1715, the court ordered the overseer of Collington Hundreds to construct a road from St. Barnabas' Church through the plantation owned by James Mullikin to Collington Bridge.[8] An additional segment was ordered at the same time for a road to connect from Collington Bridge to James Ridgeley's cart road at the Patuxent River at Sturgeon's Landing.[8]
Governor's Bridge over the Patuxent River was built by Governor Samuel Ogle in the mid-18th century to travel between his mansion in Collington and the state capital in Annapolis.[9]
The Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company had a passenger and freight station eponymously named Collington on the Pope's Creek spur of its Southern Maryland Line, 4 miles south of Bowie Station.[10] [11] Today, a 5200 foot long railroad siding is all that remains of this stop although the spur is still in use. It is located at mile post 3.0 on the spur[12] just south of where the spur crosses under Maryland Route 450 near Maryland Route 197.[13]
Geology
[edit]Collington is known for its fine sandy loam soil on the surface making the area exceptional for agriculture.[14] In the early 20th century almost 85% of the area was under cultivation for corn, wheat and tobacco with the remainder consisting of hardwood forest.[14]
Below the topsoil lies layers of yellowish brown sandy clay and clay down to 48 inches.[14]
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Collington, Maryland.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Collington, Maryland
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7:1698, Volume 23, Page 23". Maryland State Archives. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
- ^ Baltz, Shirley Vlasak (1984). A Chronicle of Belair. Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee. pp. 14–19. LCCN 85165028.
- ^ "The Prince George's Hall of Fame". Prince George's County Historical Society. 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ^ Sprague, William Buell (1859). Annals of the American Pulpit; or Commemorative Notices of Distinguished American Clergymen of Various Denominations From the Early Settlement of the Country to the Close of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Five, Volume V. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. pp. 34–38.
- ^ Baltz, Shirley Vlasak (1984). A Chronicle of Belair. Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee. pp. 4–9. LCCN 85165028.
- ^ a b c Melville, Pat (12 May 2003). "ROADS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, 1696-1765". The Archivists Bulldog. 17 (9). Maryland State Archives: 1. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ Maryland Historical Trust Property Number PG-74B-1 & AA-85I (PDF), Maryland Inventory of Historic Bridges, retrieved 5 January 2013
- ^ The Official railway guide: North American freight service edition. Philadelphia: National Railway Publication Co. 1889. p. 230.
- ^ "Sacred Heart Church - The Parish with Colonial Roots - since 1728". Sacred Heart Church. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
- ^ "CSXT - Popes Creek Subdivision". The Mainline. 2000. Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ Hogan, Reverend John F. (1975). Sacred Heart Chapel 1741-1975: A Monograph on the Foundation and the Development of the old Sacred Heart Church - White Marsh.
- ^ a b c Perkins, S.O.; Bacon, S.R. (1925). Soil Survey Reports:Soil Survey of Prince George's County, Maryland. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. pp. 14–16.
