Fr would be Frederick County. For those who might not be familar with Maryland counties, the original huge county was Prince Georges and from that Frederick County was formed and in time Washington County was formed from part of Frederick County. Even later additional counties to the West were formed. During all of this placenames changed from time to time. As I have said before the best way to try and locate these areas is via old maps. Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [MDWashin] MDWASHIN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 18 > Joan Majtenyi asked, "Does anyone know where Pughtown was in 1810? I have > a census listing for an > Edward Walker in Pughtown, FR." > > You did not say what you mean by "FR". > > The USGS Geographic Names Information Service states Pughtown was an > alternate name of Gainesboro, Frederick Co., Virginia. Frederick County, > VA is > where one Edward Walker was head of household. > > To see it on a map, search here: > > _http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic_ > (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic) > > When you get search results, click on the place-name link at far left. > The information page will have a list of map alternatives at upper right. > > This list is about Maryland, not Virginia. > > Good hunting, > Judy > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message