FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND
![[County Seal, Frederick County, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/fr/images/1198-1-891b.gif)
Origin: Frederick County was created in 1748 from Baltimore and Prince George's counties (Chapter 15, Acts of 1748). The County probably was named after Frederick Calvert (1731-1771), sixth and last Lord Baltimore, who was the Proprietor of Maryland from 1751 until his death in 1771 at Naples, Italy.
County Code
County Seat: Frederick, MD 21701
Form of Government: County Commissioners
Population
1990 census: 150,208
2000 census: 195,277
Sheriffs
State's Attorneys
![[photo, Frederick County Citizen Services Division, 520 North Market St., Frederick, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/fr/images/1198-1-1300b.jpg)
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Washington Metrorail Map (Washington metropolitan area)
Frederick County Citizen Services Division, 520 North Market St., Frederick, Maryland, January 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
websites:
Aging Dept.: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=54
Animal Control: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=15
Circuit Court: www.courts.state.md.us/frederick.html
Citizen Services Dept.: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=16
Community College: www.frederick.edu
County Attorney: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=60
County Commissioners, Board of: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=591
County Government: www.co.frederick.md.us
District Court: www.courts.state.md.us/district/directories/courtmap.html#frederick
Economic Development Office: www.discoverfrederickmd.com/home.cfm
Elections Board: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=1198
Fire & Rescue Services Division: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=24
Health Dept.: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=75
Human Resources Dept.: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=18
Information Technologies Division, Interagency: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=17
Job Service: www.dllr.state.md.us/county/fred/
Library: www.fcpl.org
Parks & Recreation Division: www.co.frederick.md.us/parks
Permitting & Development Review Division: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=94
Planning Division: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=100
Public Schools: www.fcps.org
Public Works Division: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=19
Register of Wills: www.registers.state.md.us/county/fr/html/frederick.html
Sheriff: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=677
Social Services Dept.: www.fcdss.info
State's Attorney: http://md-frederickcounty.civicplus.com/directory.asp?did=14
Transit Services: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=105
Treasury Dept.: www.co.frederick.md.us/index.asp?nid=69
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