Blue Ball Village, Maryland

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Blue Ball Village (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°42′00″N75°56′13″W / 39.70000°N 75.93694°W / 39.70000; -75.93694
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367 ft (112 m)
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GNIS feature ID589091 [1]

Blue Ball Village is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. [1]

Andrew Job, a Quaker settler, operated the Blue Ball Inn starting in 1710 at a crossroads in the area. The former village of Blue Ball is no more, but Blue Ball Road retains the name. [2]

The settlement is located 7 mi (11 km) east of Rising Sun along Maryland Route 273.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Blue Ball Village". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Quesenbery, Erika (August 4, 2012). "Blue Ball: The bygone village". Cecil Daily. Retrieved July 3, 2022.