Burkittsville, MD, a small town south of the Middletown Valley nestled at the base of the mountains and surrounded by farmland lays Burkittsville.  Named after one its earliest settlers, Henry Burkett, it still has that old town feel.  The town still reflects that of 1800s.  Your imagination draws images of old horse drawn buggies roll over the Cobblestone road at the main intersection of town.  During the civil war, settlers were run out by the Union Troops as they fought the Battle of Crampton's Gap in 1862.  This battle flourished in to the Battle of Antietam and the homes were used as hospitals and shelters by the 6^th Army Corp.  They are still intact today.

Few years later, a notable Maryland author, George Alfred Townsend moved into Burkittsville.  He had an influential part in the memorial that still stands at Crampton's Gap in the Gathland State Park known as War Correspondents Arch.  The town still looks as it did back in the 1800s thanks to the preservation efforts of it's inhabitants.

In 1999, Burkittsville made it to the big screen as this was the backdrop for the horror film, The Blair Witch Project.  This was the brainstorm of a few broke movie makers.  Their marketing was so believable that fans still trek to Burkittsville in hopes to see the witchcraft fables that made the movie so popular.