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Hagerstown

City and administrative headquarters of Washington County, northwestern Maryland, USA, on Antietam Creek, near the Potomac River, 86 mi/138 km northwest of Baltimore and just south of the Pennsylvania border; population (2000) 36,700. It is an industrial center situated in a rich agricultural area; industries include the manufacture of engine and missile parts, aircraft, and furniture.

Hagerstown was a center of conflict during the Civil War; Antietam National Battlefield and Fort Frederick (1756) are nearby. The city was laid out in 1762 and incorporated in 1814. The city is home to Washington County Free Library, the second-oldest (1901) US county library.



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