Hyattstown, Maryland

Hyattstown is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

Established in 1798 by founder Jesse Hyatt, the town featured the Hyattstown Inn, a one-room school-house, a butcher, a blacksmith, and other commercial venues.

Quarries nearby supplied slate for roofing the old United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.[2] Hyattstown was the location of an 1862 Civil War artillery battle between General Nathaniel Prentice Banks' troops and General Stonewall Jackson's troops.

[2] Hyattstown Christian Church, a Disciples of Christ congregation established in 1840, still operates today.

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