Lineboro, Maryland

Lineboro is an unincorporated community in northeastern Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It is located near the Mason–Dixon line, from which the community takes its name.[1] The community is centered along Maryland Route 86 near the Pennsylvania border.

History

The land on which Lineboro developed was historically known as "Plymouth" and was granted in 1745 to Verick Whissler. According to local historian Harvey G. Schlichter, the first house in the village was built by Conrad Kerlinger in 1820.[2]

Lineboro developed as a small crossroads community in northern Carroll County. Through the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century, it remained a small settlement with a church, store, and inn near what is now the western end of the village.[3]

The arrival of the Baltimore and Hanover Railroad contributed to Lineboro's growth in the late nineteenth century. By 1886, the village included eight dwellings, all constructed after 1877.[4]

Much of Lineboro was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Lineboro Historic District on November 15, 1996.[3] The district covers approximately 46 acres and includes 83 resources, of which 70 are contributing resources. Its buildings include nineteenth- and early twentieth-century houses, agricultural outbuildings, stores, a one-room school, a fire hall, a former hotel, a feed mill, and the 1908 Gothic Revival Lazarus Union Church.[4]

Geography

Lineboro is located in northeastern Carroll County, just south of the Pennsylvania state line. The community is arranged primarily along Main Street, which is part of Maryland Route 86. Carroll County has described Lineboro as a small linear Piedmont village set among rolling hills and valleys.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lineboro". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Schlichter, Harvey G. (1960). Two Centuries of Grace and Growth in Manchester, 1760–1960.
  3. ^ a b "Lineboro Historic District". Maryland's National Register Properties. Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  4. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lineboro Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  5. ^ "Carroll's Rural Villages" (PDF). Carroll County Government. October 4, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
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