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ns, German Calvinists and Roman Catholics; three banks and a Roman Catholic college and other seminaries, and several newspaper offices. If also has manufactories of iron, wool, paper, flour, ropes, and earthenware. The county is situated in the northern part of the State bordering on Pennsylvania, and has an area of 770 square miles. It is bounded on the southwest by the Potomac river, which separates it from Virginia, intersected by Monocracy river, and also drained by Cacoctin, Pipe, Linganore and Bennett's Creeks. The South Mountain, a continuation of the Blue Ridge of Virginia, forms the western boundary, and the surface is generally undulating. The soil in different parts is formed of decomposed limestone and slate, and is highly productive. Hay and butter are raised in this county to a greater extent than in any other part of the the State. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal traverses its southwest border. In 1860, the population numbered 46,576, of whom 3,243 were slaves.