Galesville, Maryland is an unincorporated town in Anne Arundel County

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...

, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. It is located at 38°50'35" North 076°32'37" West
(38.8431707 -76.5435702).

History

The area was an early center of Quaker settlement in America and, through the West River Friends meeting, it is considered the birthplace of organized Quakerism in Maryland http://www.galesvilleheritagesociety.org/About.shtml. This town, located on the West River, was once the terminus of a steamship line connecting to Annapolis

Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...

 and Baltimore, Maryland. Once a thriving community of Chesapeake Bay Watermen and their families, the town has developed an industry around pleasure boating.

Today it is home to Hartge Yacht Harbor http://www.hartgeyachtharbor.com/main/ and the West River Sailing Club.