Largo, Maryland, is named after the massive estate of Colonel Ninian Beall which started in what is today Upper Marlboro and ended in about Largo. The estate was called Fifer Largo which was named after the town he grew up in, Largo, Fife, Scotland. (Actually Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1625.) Beall had been an officer in the Scottish Army, which fought for the Stuarts' Army against Cromwell but was captured and sent into servitude in Barbadoes for five years. He made his way to Maryland and became rich.
His other plantation was called the Rock of Dumbarton, four hundred and eight acres, which was, basically, all of upper Georgetown where the University is today. He gave that to his son, George.
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Since Georgetown was founded during the reign of George II of Great Britain, some speculate that the town was named after him. Another theory is that the town was named after its founders, George Gordon and George Beall.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_(Washington,_D.C.)
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