Knoxville, Maryland Knoxville, Maryland 2016-09-21 11 27 12 View west along Maryland State Route 478 (Knoxville Road) just east of Maryland State Route 180 (Jefferson Pike) in Knoxville, Frederick County, Knoxville is positioned in Maryland Knoxville - Knoxville Knoxville is an unincorporated improve in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The Robert Clagett Farm and Magnolia Plantation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. By the early 19th century, a village began to form along the chief road dominant from Frederick, Maryland, to Harpers Ferry, the site of one of the two nationwide armories in the United States. The coming of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the establishment of the industrialized town of Weverton to the immediate west fueled the expansion of Knoxville in the 1840s.
In 1849, the Frederick Examiner journal reported that Knoxville was expand with new businesses and homes. Many of the vernacular and Greek Revival styled buildings seen in the village today date from the 1840s and 1850s when the barns , canal, and trade along the Potomac River contributed to Knoxville's growth.
In 1851, a German Reformed congregation was established in Knoxville and a new contemporary church erected up on Cemetery Hill. Even with the interruption of the Civil War, Knoxville continued to thrive as a small-town transit hub throughout the third quarter of the 19th century.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knoxville, Maryland History of Frederick County, Maryland.
Municipalities and communities of Frederick County, Maryland, United States Balmoral Broad Run Catoctin Furnace Charlesville Clover Hill Creagerstown Discovery Fairhaven Fairview Feagaville Foxville Garfield Graceham Green Valley Ijamsville Johnsville Knoxville Ladiesburg Lewistown Lake Linganore New London New Midway Petersville Rocky Ridge Sherwood Forest Spoolsville Sunny Side Tuscarora Unionville Utica Wolfsville This article about a locale in Frederick County Maryland is a stub.
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