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Maryland's Historical Markers

Tour: Old Post Road (7 properties)

The first efforts to erect roadside markers in Maryland occurred from 1930-1933 in Harford and Cecil counties along the Philadelphia Road through the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) program of marking the old post roads. Featuring a coach and four horses, six of the original cast iron markers still stand. A 1985 cast aluminum replacement marker stands in Havre de Grace:


  • Old Post Road Established 1666 - Gov. William Paca

  • Old Post Road Established 1666 - Cokesbury College

  • Old Post Road Established 1666 - Spesutia P.E. Church

  • Old Post Road Established 1666 - Count Rochambeau's

  • Old Post Road Established 1666 - Susquehanna Lower Ferry

  • Old Post Road - Lower Susquehanna Ferry - Rodgers' Tavern

  • Old Post Road Established 1666 - Mason Dixon Line

 

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