Preston is home to the Linchester Mill, c. 1682. During the Revolutionary War it supplied grain to George Washington's troops. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 along with the Jacob and Hannah Leverton House.
Boating publisher Monk Farnham once resided in the town; he established a world record as the oldest person to sail solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Passages that mention Preston, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Caroline County, Maryland, from its beginning1920Read the page →
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to the dissolntion of their society, they generously transferreed to this meeting (Third Haven) their three meeting-houses in Caroline County, namely: Centre (near Preston), Tuckahoe Neck (near Denton) and Northwest Fork (now Pine Grove). About four hundred persons became incorporated with the society, though some afterwards emigrated to Canada and the Western States.
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eralsburg. About 1817, the Nicholites were accepted as members of the Third Haven Meeting and generously transferred to this meeting their three meeting houses in Caroline, namely: Center (near Preston), Tuckahoe Neck (near Denton), and North West Fork (now Pine Grove).
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