Myersville, Maryland
town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Myersville is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,748 at the 2020 census.
History
The town was incorporated in 1904. at this time, Myersville had a population of 150 people.
That same year, Myersville was connected to its neighboring town Hagerstown by the blue ridge trolley.
On January 4, 1919, a large fire destroyed many shops and buildings in the center of town.
In 1968, Insterstate 70 was extended through Myersville.
in 1981, the town boundaries were expanded for the first time.
The Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm and Henry Brandenburg House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Capture of the D.C. snipers
In October 2002, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were apprehended at a rest stop along westbound I-70 in Myersville.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Myersville, Maryland” as town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q754644. VIAF identifies the subject as 136125615. The Library of Congress control number is n86064354. Authority coordinates are 39.507, -77.566. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1904, 1919 and 1968.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Myersville, Maryland”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Myersville, Maryland primary sources, Myersville, Maryland archive and Myersville research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Myersville, Maryland”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Myersville, Maryland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.