14 Facts About Manchester Maryland

Manchester Maryland was incorporated in 1833 and is the second oldest incorporated area in Carroll County after Westminster, which was incorporated in 1818.

Manchester Maryland is a rural commuting town where residents travel to work in the greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area and the greater Washington Metropolitan Area.

Town of Manchester Maryland, officially incorporated in 1833, was originally known as "Manchester Maryland Germantown".

Later, Manchester Maryland would receive another nickname when the German custom of making ginger cakes brought on "Gingercake Town".

Manchester Maryland was a relatively large cigar manufacturing town, from after the Civil War until around 1930, when the mass production of cigars made the manual method in use in the town less economical.

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Manchester Maryland was the home of one of the first colleges in Carroll County when, in 1858, Irving College, named after poet Washington Irving, was established by Dr Ferdinand Dieffenbach.

The first, called the Manchester Maryland Gazette, began publishing weekly in 1870 and ceased in 1872.

Manchester Maryland is a typical "Main Street" town that continues expanding to accommodate a growing population.

Manchester Maryland has its own post office, and home mail delivery is available to most residents.

Manchester Maryland is mostly residential buildings, with some restaurants, a bank and other small retail storefronts.

Manchester Maryland is located on the Piedmont Plateau, west of the coastal lowlands of the Chesapeake Bay, in an area of rolling upland.

Manchester Maryland has the most park area of any town in Carroll County.

At the federal level Manchester is located in the 1st Congressional District of Maryland and is represented by Andy Harris in the United States House of Representatives.

Manchester Maryland has three state designated highways within the town limits.