Havre de Grace, Maryland
Havre de Grace, Maryland City of Havre de Grace Sits at the mouth of the Susquehanna River in Havre de Grace Sits at the mouth of the Susquehanna River in Havre de Grace Official seal of Havre de Grace, Maryland The metros/cities of Havre de Grace, Maryland (southwest bank) and Perryville, Maryland (northeast bank).
Havre de Grace Listeni/ h v r d re s/, abbreviated Hd - G, is a town/city in Harford County, Maryland, situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of Chesapeake Bay.
It is titled after the port town/city of Le Havre, France, which in full was once Le Havre de Grace (French, "Harbor of Grace").
Inspired by Lafayette's comments, the inhabitants incorporated the town as Havre de Grace in 1785.
During the First Congress in 1789, Havre de Grace missed by only one vote being titled the capital of the fledgling United States. See also: Raid on Havre de Grace On May 3, 1813, amid the War of 1812, Havre de Grace was attacked by British Rear Admiral George Cockburn who burned and plundered the city. The American Lieutenant John O'Neill single-handedly manned a cannon to help defend the town.
In gratitude, Havre de Grace made O'Neill and his descendants the hereditary keepers of the Concord Point lighthouse marking the mouth of the Susquehanna River.
The early trade of Havre de Grace encompassed oyster and crab harvesting, and extensive fruit orchards.
The town was the southern end for the Proprietors of the Susquehanna Canal and later the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal, which bypassed difficult navigational areas of the lower Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, where it connected to the Pennsylvania Canal.
Havre de Grace was a major town on the Eastern Route of the Underground Railroad in Maryland, as slaves could cross the Susquehanna to havens in the no-charge state of Pennsylvania, traveling on to Philadelphia and New York. Prior to 1840, escaped slaves from communities along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay came to Havre de Grace and often took the ferry athwart the Susquehanna River to safe sites in Lancaster and Chester counties in Pennsylvania. When "vigilance increased at the ferry", slaves were guided upriver to cross from Columbia, which had been established by Quakers. The town's different transit routes enabled slaves to make their way to safe haven in the North.
Havre de Grace became known for duck hunting, and was a cyclic destination for hunters.
Although in the tidewater region of Harford County, which had large plantations and slaveholders, the city's river and canals tied it to northern trade and trade in Pennsylvania and beyond.
Seneca Warehouse with a tin can factory next to Havre de Grace Waterfront.
Was Mayor of Havre de Grace 1893-1894 and donated the Methodist Church. Bird's-eye view of Havre de Grace in 1907 Havre de Grace was known as "The Graw" from 1912 through the 1950s, and it prospered as a stop for travelers.
The Havre de Grace Racetrack directed from 1912-1950.
An incident amid 1949, when the town/city denied a license to use a town/city park and arrested a Jehovah's Witnesses preacher, led to the US Supreme Court case of Niemotko v.
In the 1980s, Havre de Grace began to undergo extensive redevelopment, with renovation of historic properties and adaptation for new uses, as well as assembly of new homes and townhouse communities on former farmland.
Northbound Acela Express crossing Amtrak's Susquehanna River Bridge, at Havre de Grace Havre de Grace is a small city, but in recent years, it has period by annexing land. Housing evolution is moderate but steady.
As a result, many working-class people who used to live in the town/city have relocated due to rising territory values and changing neighborhoods. Havre de Grace has recently grown related to the BRAC activities of the Department of Defense.
Havre de Grace is positioned at 39 32 54 N 76 5 51 W (39.548412, 76.097554) at the mouth of the Susquehanna River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.89 square miles (17.85 km2), of which, 5.50 square miles (14.24 km2) is territory and 1.39 square miles (3.60 km2) is water. Havre de Grace is 40 miles northeast of Baltimore, 40 miles west from Wilmington, DE, And 154 miles Southwest from New York City.
Two barns mainlines pass through Havre de Grace.
More than 80 daily passenger trains on Amtrak's busy Northeast Corridor speed through Havre de Grace at 90 miles per hour (145 km/h) on an elevated line for traversing the adjoining Susquehanna River Bridge. The double track bridge was assembled by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1904 1906 for its New York City Washington, D.C.
The CSX line crosses the river on the CSX Susquehanna River Bridge, rebuilt between 1907 1910, about 1 mile upstream of the Amtrak bridge. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Havre de Grace has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 12,952 citizens , 5,258 homeholds, and 3,333 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 75.7% White, 16.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.1% from other competitions, and 3.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,258 homeholds of which 30.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.6% were non-families.
As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 11,331 citizens , 4,557 homeholds, and 2,870 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 79.24% White, 16.15% African American, 0.22% Native American, 1.29% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other competitions, and 2.18% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread with 26.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Havre de Grace's locale at the head of the Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of the Susquehanna River makes it prominent for recreation and tourism.
In 1987, the central company precinct was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Havre de Grace Historic District, which recognizes its architecture and historic fabric.
A range of exhibitions help explain and interpret the city's rich maritime past and present: the Decoy Museum, the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Concord Point Lighthouse, the Lockhouse Museum, the Lantern Queen paddle steamer, and the skipjack Martha Lewis.
Havre de Grace also claims a renovated seaplane port.
The town/city has five enhance schools and Harford Memorial Hospital, the first to be established in Harford County.
Del Vaughn (1942-1972), CBS News correspondent, lived for a time in Havre de Grace. Havre de Grace Patch John Street, Havre de Grace WHGM - A classic hits airways broadcast based in Havre de Grace WXCY - A nation music airways broadcast based in Havre de Grace In July 2007, the movie From Within (2008) was filmed in Havre de Grace. "Havre de Grace came close to the capital 224 years ago".
"Havre de Grace, Maryland".
"Havre de Grace Council members adopted a several resolutions Monday evening, including one to start the process of annexing the former Kiwi property on Post Road.
"Perryville and Havre de Grace, Md.".
"Havre De Grace, Maryland Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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