Blue Ball Village, Maryland

Unincorporated community in Maryland, United States
39°42′00″N 75°56′13″W / 39.70000°N 75.93694°W / 39.70000; -75.93694Country United StatesState MarylandCounty CecilGovernment
Elevation
367 ft (112 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNIS feature ID589091[1]

Blue Ball Village is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.[1]

Andrew Job, a Quaker settler, operated the Blue Ball Inn starting in 1710 at a crossroads in the area. The former village of Blue Ball is no more, but Blue Ball Road retains the name.[2]

The settlement is located 7 mi (11 km) east of Rising Sun along Maryland Route 273.

References

  1. ^ a b "Blue Ball Village". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Quesenbery, Erika (August 4, 2012). "Blue Ball: The bygone village". Cecil Daily. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
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