Anne Arundel County
| Anne Arundel County, Maryland | |||
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The Anne Arundel County Courthouse in July 2009
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| Nickname(s): "Anne Arundel" | |||
 Location in the U.S. state of Maryland |
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 Maryland's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | April 9, 1650 | ||
| Named for | Anne Arundell | ||
| Seat | Annapolis | ||
| Largest community | Glen Burnie | ||
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| • Total | 588 sq mi (1,523 km2) | ||
| • Land | 415 sq mi (1,075 km2) | ||
| • Water | 173 sq mi (448 km2), 29% | ||
| Population (est.) | |||
| • (2015) | 564,195 | ||
| • Density | 960/sq mi (371/km²) | ||
| Congressional districts | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th | ||
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | ||
| Website | www |
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Anne Arundel County /ˌænəˈrʌndəl/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, its population was 537,656, a population increase of just under 10% since 2000. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state. The county is named for Lady Anne Arundell (1615–49), a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, United Kingdom and the wife of Cecilius Calvert, second Baron and Lord Baltimore, (1605–1675), founder and first Lord Proprietor of the colony Province of Maryland.
Anne Arundel County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.
The County was named for Lady Ann Arundell, (1615/1616–1649), the daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, members of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England. She married Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, (1605–1675), and the first Lord Proprietor of the colony, Province of Maryland, in an arranged marriage contract in 1627 or 1628.
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