Editing Myersville, Maryland (section)

==History==

The town was incorporated in 1904.<ref name="hist1">[http://www.myersvillemd.govoffice2.com/index.asp?SEC=6074AB10-7ED5-4019-BDA5-322B9177F056&Type=B_BASIC Myersville history], Town of Myersville, Retrieved December 12, 2013</ref> at this time, Myersville had a population of 150 people.

That same year, Myersville was connected to its neighboring town [[Hagerstown, Maryland|Hagerstown]] by the blue ridge trolley.

On January 4, 1919, a large fire destroyed many shops and buildings in the center of town.

In 1968, [[Interstate 70|Insterstate 70]] was extended through Myersville.

in 1981, the town boundaries were expanded for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Myersville |url=https://myersville.org/history |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=myersville.org |language=en}}</ref>

The [[Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1998.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>

===Capture of the D.C. snipers ===
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In October 2002, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area snipers [[John Allen Muhammad]] and [[Lee Boyd Malvo]] were apprehended at a rest stop along westbound [[Interstate 70 in Maryland|I-70]] in Myersville. The two were discovered when a [[truck driver]] recognized their car from police reports.