Meade National Forest was established in Maryland by the U.S. Forest Service on April 10, 1925 with 4,725 acres (19.12 km2) from part of the Camp Meade Military Reservation. On December 2, 1927 the executive order for its creation was rescinded and the forest was abolished.
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