Jacob Weller and his family stopped in the area that is now Thurmont in 1751, to nurse a sick child. The Weller family introduced several industries into the area with many residents working as mechanics. The hamlet was known as Mechanicstown by 1811.

It was renamed Thurmont (gateway to the mountains) when the railroad made the area more
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