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12. Accident, Maryland

Surely, the last place anybody would want to settle down would be in a town by the name of Accident. However, Accident—a town in Garrett County—actually has a population of 314 people who did. There are many reports on the name of the town's origins, but because no one actually knows its real etymology, it's all a guessing game. One tale claims that when Lord Baltimore opened the State's western border for settlement, two men were sent to survey the land. After they had both finished their work, the men then discovered they had picked the same tract of land...by accident. Get it?

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