Rising Sun is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,781 at the 2010 census.

The town which became known as Rising Sun was located in the disputed “Nottingham Lots” along the connect between colonial Pennsylvania and Maryland. This Place was claimed by William Penn and established by Quakers in 1702 more than the argument of Maryland. When Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon conducted a survey of the order in the 1760s, Rising Sun was found to be located in Maryland.

Around 1720, Henry Reynolds conventional a stone tavern on Nottingham Lot No. 17 to encourage as a stage coach stop. According to local lore, he erected a sign on peak of the entrйe of the tavern depicting the rays of the sun at introduction and the words “The Rising Sun”. As the tavern was located along the route amid Baltimore and Philadelphia, it became known as a meeting place for business, politics, elections, and other public activities. Local legend states that the tavern was more without difficulty known than the surrounding village (Summer Hill) so that by the epoch the town’s first name office was established all but 1815, Rising Sun was selected as the approved name. There is some conjecture that the declare office was located in the tavern.

When the town was incorporated in 1860, the commissioners had slate sidewalks installed, erected street lamps, and hired a lamplighter who doubled as bailiff and street allowance man. Six years later the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad began to serve Rising Sun. Most of the town’s current structure has been built since then.