Anne Arundel County (pronounced /ˌænəˈrʌndəl/, with a stress on the run; cf. the pronunciation of Arundel) is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell (1615-49), a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state. In 2000, its population was 489,656, while in 2003 the popula...
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Anne Arundel County (pronounced /ˌænəˈrʌndəl/, with a stress on the run; cf. the pronunciation of Arundel) is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell (1615-49), a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state. In 2000, its population was 489,656, while in 2003 the population was estimated to have reached 506,620.
Anne Arundel County forms part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. The center of population of Maryland is located on the county line between Anne Arundel County and Howard County, in the unincorporated town of Jessup.
The County was named for Anne Arundell, the daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, members of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England. She married Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore in 1627 or 1628.
Anne Arundel County was originally part...
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