If you remember the names of the books, please let me know. And, I should have typed Mayland, not Maryland (I see you read typo very well:)
Have you ever heard of Two-line, New York? The story has it that they seceded from the Union and didn't rejoin until sometime in the 1940's.
Two-line, New York = Town-line, New York or also Two-Rod. Sorry for the typos. Need more coffee!