Cambria, Maryland

Cambria is a populated place in Harford County, Maryland, northwest of Whiteford.[1]

Many slate quarries were in operation to the southeast of Cambria in the 1800s. The region was known as the Peach Bottom Slate area.[2]

References

  1. Cambria in Maryland Hometown Locator
  2. Maryland Geological Survey Volume Two, by W. B. Clark, 1898. Johns Hopkins University Press.

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