Settlements similar to or like Baltimore

State 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 and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Wikipedia

Of the history of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, Timeline of Baltimore to 1799 Wikipedia

Largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2019 estimated population of 1,584,064. Since 1854, the city has had the same geographic boundaries as Philadelphia County, the most-populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents. Wikipedia

Of the history of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, Regular U.S. Navy warships like some of the "Original Six" frigates of 1797, such as the U.S.F. Constitution (of Boston) and U.S.F. Constellation from Baltimore have several stunning victories but later get bottled up in American harbor by later British blockade of east coast, later stifling Baltimore commerce. Wikipedia

The recorded history of Maryland dates back to the beginning of European exploration, starting with the Venetian John Cabot, who explored the coast of North America for the Kingdom of England in 1498. Granted by King Charles I to Sir George Calvert , his former Secretary of State in 1632, for settlement beginning in March 1634. Wikipedia

Third-most populous county located in the U.S. state of Maryland and is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area and Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area . Part of the Northeast megalopolis, which stretches from Virginia northward to Boston. Wikipedia