For those who are researching Washington County, Maryland, you may find the following article interesting. Ellen SmithCAVETOWN DISTRICT NO. 7 “Cavetown District No. 7” from Scharf History of Western Maryland, page 1268. Cavetown, the seventh election district of Washington County, lies along the extreme eastern border, and but one remove from the Pennsylvania line, Ringgold District, which occupies the extreme northeastern position, intervening. The eastern line of Cavetown District follows the irregular course of South Mountain, extending along its summit. Chewsville District binds it on the south, and on the southwest; Leitersburg District on the west and north; and Ringgold District forms its northern boundary, Like the adjacent districts of Beaver Creek, Boonsboro, and Rohrersville, Cavetown District abounds in the wildly picturesque and charming pastoral scenery which so diversifies the eastern portion of the county. The face of the country in the interior is rolling, but the land is rich and fertile, and yields large crops. The district is thickly populated by an industrious, wealthy, and thrifty community, who enjoys the advantages of an excellent public school system. The main line of the Western Maryland Railroad passes through the centre of the district, which is penetrated by numerous county and public roads, and the Cavetown and Hagerstown Pike. Among the farmers and old residents of the district are D. Gaither Huyett and David Oswald, who have handsome estates near Cavetown; J. Diamond, S. Grove, J. Gouker, J. Grove, D. Wolf, S. Alsip, G. Burns, J. Alsip, J. Williams, William Grove, H. Delbert, William Jones, G. Lum, A. Grove, Mrs. Colliflower, H. Colliflower, Dr. W. A. Riddlemoser, Mrs. Waltz, W. F. Unger, B. Ridenour, D. Beard, O. Beard, A. Noles, S. Creager, G. Punt, H. Reynolds, J. D. Eibert, Mrs. D. Eibert, S. Lum, T. Davis, Mrs. Coyle, F. Miller, W. Null, J. Dayhooff, L. E. Davis, P. Hoffmaan, Mrs. E. George, D. Winters, J. Winters, D. Krouse, S. Bachtel, F. M. Deal, George Noles, Mrs. Barr, J. H. Bishop, L. Burkhart, Mrs. B. Bachtel, D. Hoover, J. Krouse, Mrs. Oswald, A. Oswald, T. Winters. S. Diffendal, A. Ridenour, J. G. Robinson, William Shoop, J. Weagly, J. Wishard, E. Ingram, D. Pike, A. Weagley, E. T. Bishop, B. Shank, J. Shank, A. Geiser, T. Clark, J. Adams, J. S. Basore, A. Lichtenberger, F. Bickle, John Flory, G. Gardenour, J. Stevenson, J. Barkdoll, C. Fogler, J. Mentzer, T. A. Brown, William Stevenson, William Shilling, D. Baer, Joseph Garver, J. Stoner, G. Diffenbach, T. Coyle, H. Harne, J. Fulton, P. Reynolds, E. Barkdoll, D. Fessler, J. Fessler, and others. Under an act of Assembly of 1821, the following boundaries of Cavetown District were fixed a year later: “To commence at the Pennsylvania line where the same crosses the road leading from Green Castle (Pa.) to Harman’s Gap; thence with said line to the Frederick County line; thence with the said line to the road leading from Hagerstown to Orr’s Gap and Middle Town; thence with the said road to the lines of District No. 3, and with the lines of District No. 3 to the beginning.” The population of the district (including the villages of Cavetown, 221 inhabitants, and Smithsburg, 433 inhabitants) is 1665.