The
Queenstown Commissioners
And Town Clerk will meet in
a
Work Session
On Tuesday, April 29, 2008
at 9:00 a.m.
For the Purpose of working
on the
FY 2009 Government Wide Budget.
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The Queenstown Planning
Commission
and Queenstown Commissioners
will
meet in a joint session on
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Office
for the
purpose of discussing issues
related to
the Comprehensive Plan, which
is
currently being drafted.
RESOLUTION NO. 08-101
County Response to Sewer Questions
Comprehensive Plan Handout 12/12/07
Ordinance 07-05
Floodplain Ordinance
Annual Drinking Water Report
08 Government Wide Budget Draft 1
08 Capital Budget Draft 1
Workshop #5 Summary
Workshop
#4 Summary
Presentation & Comments Worshop #2Water
and Sewer Slides
Queenstown Comprehensive
Plan
(click on the items below to view)
Kick-off Meeting Presentation.pdf
Baseline Report.pdf
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Our Colonial
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QUEENSTOWN
“Parvus Urbs Ad Is Aqua”
(Little Town On The Water)
The birth of Queenstown in Queen Anne’s
County took place in 1707, and at that time was named
“Queen Anne’s Towne”. In 1710 the
name was changed to “Queen’s Towne”
and many years later the “e” was dropped
and it became one word one word. Both Queenstown and
Queen Anne’s County were names after “Good
Queen Anne” of England.
Queenstown was the home of the first County seat in
1707, and in
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1708 the original Courthouse
was built. The County seat remained here from 1707-1782,
at which time it was moved to Centreville.
In January 1977, the Board of Town Commissioners acquired
the original Courthouse property, which since 1782 had
served as a home, warehouse, drug store, grocery store,
restaurant, beer parlor, post office, and an antique shop.
Prior to 1977, the Board had established the Queenstown
Historic Preservation Committee for the purpose of securing
and restoring the property. Over 400 individuals and businesses
assisted with the restoration project. The opening of
the restored Courthouse took place on May 5, 1979, and
from spring of that year to August 2002, part of the building
housed the Queenstown Town Office. Today the restored
Courthouse serves as a tourist attraction for those people
who wish to take a step back in time.
Queenstown was the first and only town in Queen Anne’s
County to be attacked by the British during the War of
1812. The attack, which occurred in August 1813, took
place at the “Bowlingly” estate. The British
seriously damaged the estate and its contents before they
moved on to Kent Island. “Bowlingly” still
exists today as a private residence.
After having survived the War of 1812, a fire that almost
destroyed the town in 1820, the Depression years, and
the Mexican and Civil Wars, Queenstown still kept moving
forward.
In the early to mid-1850’s, Queenstown was a stop
for many steamboats, which would bring goods to the town
and carry passengers up and down the Chester River and
to Baltimore.
Today, agriculture and seafood harvesting are the dominant
economic factors in our area. Retail shopping outlets,
located in Queenstown, and the Queenstown Harbor Golf
Links, adjacent to the Town, are thriving and bring many
visitors to the Town.
Queenstown has three elected Commissioners, with one being
appointed by the Commissioners annually to act as President.
The Commissioners’ terms are staggered three-year
terms, with an election held every year in May.
The Queenstown Commissioners hold regular business meetings
the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the Town
Office. The meetings are open to the public and time is
reserved at the meetings for citizens to make inquiries,
offer suggestions, or register complaints.
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