EMMITSBURG, a town of Frederick county, Md., U.S.A., 6om. N.W. of Baltimore, near the northern boundary of the State, served by the Emmitsburg railroad. The population was 1,235 in 1930. Near by are Mount St. Mary's college and Ecclesiastical seminary (Roman Catholic; founded 18o8), which has trained many leaders of the Church ; and St. Joseph's college for women (incorporated 1816). The town was settled about 1773 and was incorporated in 1824. It was here that the order of the Sisters of Charity was introduced into the United States by Mrs. Eliza beth Ann Seton in 1809.