Hagerstown (Maryland, USA)
Hagerstown, Maryland, is the county seat (1955 pop. 26,000; 2007 pop. 40,000) of Washington County, in the west central part of the state. Two of the eight Mennonite churches in the county, Reiff and Paradise, with a 1955 membership of 375, have a Hagerstown address. Brook Lane, a mental hospital operated by the Mennonite Central Committee, was established near here in 1949.
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| Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Gingerich, Melvin. "Hagerstown (Maryland, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hagerstown_(Maryland,_USA)&oldid=170535.
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Gingerich, Melvin. (1956). Hagerstown (Maryland, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hagerstown_(Maryland,_USA)&oldid=170535.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 627. All rights reserved.
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