Maryland Manual On-Line, 2011
August 9, 2011
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COUNTIES
![[photo, Prince George's County Courthouse, Duvall Wing, Upper Marlboro, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/pg/images/1198-1-4275b.jpg)
For much of Maryland, local government typically is county government. Twenty-three counties and Baltimore City make up the twenty-four main local jurisdictions found in Maryland. Baltimore City, although a municipality, has been considered on a par with county jurisdictions since the adoption of the Maryland Constitution of 1851.
Prince George's County Courthouse, Duvall
Wing, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. The Duvall Wing reopened May 14, 2007.
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