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The Town of Damascus was founded in 1816. One of the original 14 lots laid out by the founder and first postmaster, Edward Hughes, stood in the earliest part of the town, which was located in the southwestern corner of the Pleasant Plains of Damascus, a 1,101-acre tract patented by Matthew Pigman in 1774.
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Damascus, Maryland · United States
