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Monocacy is an abandoned village in Frederick County, Maryland. It is believed to have been located nearby present day Creagerstown, but has never been precisely located. There are signs of the towns existence going back as far as 1730. ==History== German settlers arrived in Frederick County in 1729. The first settlement created by settlers in Frederick was Monocacy, which was founded between 1725 and 1730,〔〔 making it the oldest settlement in Western Maryland.〔 The town was settled nearby the Monocacy Trail, an old Indian trail that ran along the Monocacy River.〔 In 1730 the Monocacy Trail was made into a wagon road.〔 In its early days, Monocacy was the main settlement in the area. This position was eventually taken by Fredericktown.〔 Between 1732 and 1734 a church known as "the Log church" was built in Monocacy.〔 By the time the log church was built the village was somewhat important to the area. The town had a number of taverns and other places to sleep. "As late as 1747 it possessed accommodations better than those of Frederick."〔 Sometime between 1760 and 1770 the town of Creagerstown supplanted Monocacy.〔 By 1808 Monocacy road was macadamized.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monocacy, Maryland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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