Blair, Maryland

"As he related to me, he lived in a town forty miles to the north. The place had been abandoned, he told me, as it had come under a curse. The well-built homes that still stood there were boarded up and empty, with no signs as to why their denizens had chosen to leave so abruptly. This man had heard that the town had been cursed by a witch, and he claimed that he had seen a cemetery full of the gravestones of children. Whether that was true or not, I cannot say."

- Unknown (letter concerning the Blair Witch)

Blair, Maryland was a township located just outside the Black Hills Forest in North-Central Maryland, two hours away from Washington D.C..

History
The town was named after a man known only as Mr. Blair and was constructed sometime around May 14, 1771.

The village was the home of Elly Kedward, a witch who preyed on children. In February 1785, she was banished from the village, but took a part in the vanishing of half of the town's children the following year. Afterwards, the villagers refused to speak her name and she became known famously as the "Blair Witch."

By 1824, the village was no more, replaced by Burkittsville.

Trivia

 * Blair contained an area of a little more than 22 acres.
 * Blair was located along the Tappy East Creek.
 * Blair went by many titles during its lifetime:
 * It was known as both the "Town of Blair" and "Blair Township" in a map of the area, drawn in 1771.
 * It was known as "Blare Town" in a census taken in 1779.
 * It was simply known as "Blair" by 1994.