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Baltimore, Maryland, is the most populous city in the state and the 30th-largest U.S. city with a 2020 population of 585,708, serving as the core of a metropolitan area of 2.86 million residents and part of the larger Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area of 9.97 million. Established as an independent city in 1851, Baltimore was founded as a port in 1706 and town in 1729 to support the tobacco trade, and briefly served as the nation's capital from December 1776 to February 1777 during the Revolutionary War. The city's pivotal role in the War of 1812 is commemorated by the Battle of Baltimore and Fort McHenry bombardment, during which Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner," designated as the national anthem in 1931. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, built in 1830 as the nation's oldest, established the city as a major transportation hub and manufacturing center, with Baltimore's Inner Harbor serving as the second-leading U.S. port of entry for immigrants after Ellis Island. Today, Baltimore has shifted to a service-oriented economy anchored by Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, and is home to the Orioles and Ravens sports franchises, while boasting more historic architecture per capita than any other U.S. city with over 65,000 designated historic buildings and 66 National Register Historic Districts. Towson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, with a population of 59,533 according to the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous unincorporated county seat in the United States. Founded in 1752 by Pennsylvania brothers William and Thomas Towson who established farming operations on Sater's Hill, the settlement grew around Ezekiel Towson's hotel at York Road and Shealy Avenue, becoming known as "Towsontown." The area's historic significance includes the Hampton Mansion, completed in 1790 by Charles Ridgely as the largest private house in America at that time and now preserved as the Hampton National Historic Site. Towson became the official county seat of Baltimore County on February 13, 1854, following the jurisdictional separation of Baltimore City, with the Baltimore County Courthouse constructed from limestone and marble donated by the Ridgely family and designed by the firm Dixon, Balbirnie and Dixon. The courthouse, still in use as of 2015, underwent expansions in 1910, 1926, and 1958 to create its current H-shaped plan. Annapolis, Maryland's capital city, sits on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, 25 miles south of Baltimore and 30 miles east of Washington, D.C., with a 2020 population of 40,812. The city served as the temporary national capital of the United States in 1783-1784, where General George Washington resigned his commission before Congress and the Treaty of Paris was ratified, officially ending the Revolutionary War. Annapolis hosted the pivotal 1786 Annapolis Convention, which catalyzed the call for the Constitutional Convention, and later hosted the 2007 Annapolis Peace Conference. Founded in 1649 as Providence and renamed Annapolis in 1694 by Royal Governor Francis Nicholson after Princess Anne of Denmark, the city grew from a 17th-century village into a major 18th-century center of Atlantic commerce and slave trade before its incorporation in 1708. The city is home to St. John's College, established in 1696, and the U.S. Naval Academy, established in 1845 adjacent to city limits.