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As of the 2010 Census, the racial makeup of Cecil County was 87.4% Non-Hispanic white, 6.2% black, 0.3% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% Non-Hispanics of some other race, 1.8% Non-Hispanics of two or more races and 3.4% Hispanics. Cecil County is home to a small Amish community in the Cecilton area that was founded in ...
The Humane Society of Harford County, Inc. (HSHC) is a nonprofit open admission animal shelter located in Fallston, Maryland, contracted with the Harford County Government to provide sheltering services for all animals brought to HSHC by Animal Control (which is operated under the Harford County Sheriff's Office) as stray, or subjects of animal cruelty or neglect cases.
Merkle Natural Resources Management Area is a wildlife refuge in Upper Marlboro, Maryland that is operated by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.The site encompasses 1,670 acres and is a wintering ground and breeding area for Canada geese.
Elk Neck Peninsula is in Cecil County, Maryland, between the towns of Elkton and North East, Maryland. Native American and colonial travelers often canoed or sailed up the Chesapeake Bay to Elkton, where the Elk River became unnavigable, and then walked or took some form of surface transportation to the Delaware Bay watershed , since this was ...
Although there is a reduced-size area-map of the state forest online, a larger, more detailed map (including Elk Neck State Park) can be purchased from the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources. Elk Neck State Forest is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. [1] It contains wooded flatland, rolling hills, and marshlands.
This is a list of mammals of Maryland, those mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Maryland. [1]Maryland does not have a designated state mammal, but does designate the calico cat as its state cat, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever as its state dog, and the Thoroughbred as its state horse.
The Baltimore oriole is the state bird of Maryland. This list of birds of Maryland includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Maryland and accepted by the Maryland / District of Columbia Records Committee (MRC) of the Maryland Ornithological Society as of 2022. There are 456 species included in the official list. Eight additional species of questionable origin and two of exotic ...
Fair Hill is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. [1] Fair Hill is located at the intersection of Maryland routes 213 and 273, north of Elkton. It is home to the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, a 5,613 acre protected area formerly part of the land holdings of William duPont, Jr. [2]