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Ocean Pines [ˈə͡ʊʃən pˈa͡ɪnz] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,710 at the 2010 census. The population was 11,710 at the 2010 census.
Maryland Route 589 (MD 589) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Racetrack Road, the state highway runs 4.65 miles (7.48 km) from U.S. Route 50 (US 50) at Grays Corner north to US 113 and MD 575 in Showell. MD 589 provides access to the planned community of Ocean Pines and Ocean Downs, a harness racing venue with a casino ...
Known as the Ocean City Expressway, the state highway runs 11.83 miles (19.04 km) from U.S. Route 50 (US 50) near Whaleyville east to MD 528 in Ocean City in Worcester County. MD 90 is a two-lane expressway that provides one of the main access routes to Ocean City, especially the northern part of the resort town, and thus sees heavy seasonal ...
The current Salisbury–Ocean Pines Combined Statistical Area consists of the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 155,934 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 169,303).
English: This is a locator map showing Worcester County in Maryland. For more information, ... Ocean Pines, Maryland; Pocomoke City, Maryland; Public Landing ...
Worcester County was created by the division of the formerly larger Eastern Shore's Somerset County in 1742. The county seat, which was previously located near the confluence of Dividing Creek with the Pocomoke River, was later transferred to the river port of Snow Hill, at the head of navigation of the Pocomoke, now near the center of the new county.
The road curves to the east-southeast and MD 707 comes closely parallel again before it intersects the southern terminus of MD 589, which heads north to provide access to the Ocean Downs casino and harness racetrack and Ocean Pines, at Grays Corner. The route passes between a shopping center to the southwest and MD 707 and a golf course to the ...
Ocean City was founded on July 4, 1875, [4] when the Atlantic Hotel opened on Assateague Island. At the time, Assateague Island was continuous from the Delaware state line to well south of Ocean City: the Ocean City Inlet was not formed until a hurricane in August 1933 cut across the south end of the town. The inlet was cut not by waves ...