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Dorchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.At the 2020 census, the population was 32,531. [1] Its county seat is Cambridge. [2] [3] The county was formed in 1669 and named for the Earl of Dorset, a family friend of the Calverts (the founding family of the Maryland colony). [4]
Location of Dorchester County in Maryland. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dorchester County, Maryland. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
This is a list of the Maryland state historical markers in Dorchester County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Dorchester County, Maryland by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the ...
Cambridge Historic District, Wards I and III is a national historic district in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. It is a large residential, commercial, and governmental area in the northwest section of the city. It consists of buildings from the late 18th through the mid 20th century.
Hoopers Island is considered the oldest settled area in Dorchester County. [5] The namesake of the islands is Henry Hooper. Hooper was friends with the Calverts, an important family many consider to be founders of the state of Maryland. In the mid-17th century, parts of the islands were surveyed for Hooper.
1 History. 2 Notable person. ... Bucktown is an unincorporated community in Dorchester County, in the U.S. state of Maryland. [1] History
East New Market Historic District is a national historic district in East New Market, Dorchester County, Maryland. It consists of a village of about 75 buildings that represent a variety of 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century architectural styles. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
In a remarkable escape the rainy night of October 24, 1857 when two dozen people escaped from their Dorchester County, Maryland enslavers, Willis Brannock, Jane Cator, Rueben E. Phillips, Richard Keene, Samuel Pattison, and Rev. Levi D. Travers. Nearly all of Pattison's bondspeople had run away.