| LC control no. | n 81091890 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Ellicott City (Md.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Maryland--Ellicott City |
| Variant(s) | Ellicott City, Md. Ellicott (Md.) |
| See also | Ellicott's Mills (Md.) |
| Beginning date | 1867 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Maryland |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 39°16ʹ02ʺN 076°47ʹ54ʺW) Wikipedia, August 30, 2019 (Ellicott City, Maryland; unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland; 39°16ʹ5ʺN 76°47ʹ56ʺW; John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott founded "Ellicott's Mills", which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East. Nathaniel sold his partnership in 1777, and Joseph sold all but his Hood's Mill ownership the next year. The town retained the name "Ellicott's Mills" when the U.S. Postal stop opened on October 7, 1797; In 1867, a city incorporation charter was secured for Ellicott's Mills forming a local government with a mayor and council, and the name was changed to "Ellicott City"; the only chartered city in the county, Ellicott City lost its charter in 1935) GNIS, August 30, 2019 (Ellicott City; populated place that is also a census designated place with the same name; county seat; variant names: Ellicott, Ellicott Mills, Ellicotts Lower Mills, Ellicotts Mills; Howard County, Maryland; 39.2673284° -76.7983067° 39°16ʹ02ʺN 076°47ʹ54ʺW) OCLC, August 30, 2019 (titles: The history and construction of Ellicott Mills at Ellicott City, Maryland; The founders of Ellicotts Mills; Note-book of the Rector of St. Peter's Church, Ellicotts Mills; Address and constitution of the Young Men's Christian Association of Ellicotts Mills; quoted note: "Originally serialized in the Howard District Press, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, between May 15 and September 11, 1847"; publication statement: Ellicotts Mills [Md.] : John Schofield, Howard Gazette Office, [1852?]; access points: St. Peter's Church (Ellicott's Mills, Md.); Patapsco Female Institute (Ellicotts Mills, Md.)) Radinsky, Mike. History captured in Ellicott's Mills, in Patch, May 11, 2011, viewed online August 30, 2019 (the townspeople of Ellicott's Mills) <https://patch.com/maryland/ellicottcity/history-captured-in-ellicotts-mills> Cotton mills of Ellicott's Mills in 1849, via Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD website, August 14, 2017, viewed August 30, 2019 (Ellicott's Mills, Maryland) Massey, Wyatt. History & facts: what you need to know about Ellicott City, in Baltimore sun, Aug 01, 2016, viewed online August 30, 2019 (Ellicott City; city in Howard County, Maryland; unincorporated community; Quaker brothers Joseph, Andrew and John Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills after purchasing land west of Baltimore in 1772) <https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/howard/bs-md-ellicott-city-history-20160801-story.html> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-md |
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