Calvert is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Cecil County

Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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, about 6 miles east of Rising Sun

Rising Sun, Maryland

Rising Sun is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,702 at the 2000 census.-Overview:Rising Sun is located at ....

. It is named for George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, 8th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland was an English politician and colonizer. He achieved domestic political success as a Member of Parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I...

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The center of the town is the Cross Keys Inn (Cross Keys Tavern) that was established there on the old Post Road (which is now Calvert Road) in 1774. The Post Road was the main road that ran in between Philadelphia and Baltimore during Revolutionary times. Directly next to the Cross Keys Inn (which is now a private brick residence), is the Calvert Elementary School, operated by Cecil County Public Schools

Cecil County Public Schools

Cecil County Public Schools is a public school system serving the residents of Cecil County, Maryland.-High schools:*Bohemia Manor High School, Chesapeake City, MD*Elkton High School, Elkton, MD*North East High School, North East, MD...

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The main historical reference in Calvert is the "East Nottingham Friends House" at this intersection. William Smallwood

William Smallwood

William Smallwood was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland. He served in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of major general...

, a general during the Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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, used this building as a hospital for a short time in 1778, and several soldiers who died at the hospital are buried on its grounds.

The John Churchman House

John Churchman House

John Churchman House is a historic home located at Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It consists of two distinct sections: a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed brick house laid in Flemish bond dated to 1745; and a two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed house built in 1785 of uncoursed...

 and Elisha Kirk House

Elisha Kirk House

Elisha Kirk House is a historic home located at Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story, Federal-style brick house built about 1813, five bays wide and two deep, with a new stone wing...

 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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External links

• Churchman History
• Brick Meeting House Historical Marker Database
• Calvert Village Historical Marker Database