Blue Ball Village, Maryland

Blue Ball Village, Maryland
Unincorporated community
Blue Ball Village is located in Maryland
Blue Ball Village
Blue Ball Village
Location within the State of Maryland
Blue Ball Village is located in the United States
Blue Ball Village
Blue Ball Village
Blue Ball Village (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°42′00″N 75°56′13″W / 39.70000°N 75.93694°W / 39.70000; -75.93694
Country United States
State Maryland
County Cecil
Government
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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