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Cecil County, Maryland

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52historic places

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1674formed

103,725pop. 2020

38cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 52 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Elkton, Rising Sun, Port Deposit.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

22 of 52 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

52 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bohemia Farm	Earleville	Building	1973
Brown, Jeremiah, House and Mill Site	Rising Sun	District	1987
Brown, Mercer, House	Rising Sun	Building	1987
Bumpstead Archeological Site	Elkton	Site	1983
Charlestown Historic District	Charlestown	District	1975
Churchman, John, House	Calvert	Building	1986
Colora Meetinghouse	Colora	Building	1977
ELF, THE (yacht)	Fredericktown	Structure	1980
East Nottingham Friends Meetinghouse	Rising Sun	Building	1977
Elk Landing	Elkton	Building	1984
Elkton Armory	Elkton	Building	1985
England, Isaac, House	Zion	Building	1980
Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge	North East	Structure	2008
Grear Prehistoric Village Site	Crystal Beach	Site	1975
Great House	St. Augustine	Building	1984
Greenfields	Cecilton	Building	1972
Harris, Nathan and Susannah, House	Harrisville	Building	1984
Haviland, Edward W., House	Port Deposit	Building	2000
Heath Farm Camp Archeological Site	Elkton	Site	1983
Heath Farm Jasper Quarry Archeological Site	Elkton	Site	1983
Holly Hall	Elkton	Building	1976
Hopewell	Providence	Building	1979
Indian Queen Tavern and Black's Store	Charlestown	Building	1975
Iron Hill Cut Jasper Quarry Archeological Site	Elkton	Site	1983
Kirk, Elisha, House	Calvert	Building	1982
Little Elk Farm	Providence	Building	1979
Lowe, Joshua, House	Rising Sun	Building	2001
McCandless Archeological Site	Elkton	Site	1983
Mitchell House	Elkton	Building	1976
Mitchell House	Fair Hill	Building	1980
Mount Harmon	Earleville	Site	1974
Octorara Farm	Conowingo	Building	1980
Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal NHL	Chesapeake City	Building	1966
Paw Paw Building	Port Deposit	Building	1977
Perry Point Mansion House and Mill	Perryville	District	1975
Port Deposit	Port Deposit	District	1978
Principio Furnace	Perryville	Site	1972
Richards, Thomas, House	Rising Sun	Building	1979
Rock United Presbyterian Church	Elkton	Building	1983
Rodgers Tavern	Perryville	Building	1972
Rose Hill	Earleville	Building	1974
Snow Hill Site	Port Deposit	Site	1984
South Chesapeake City Historic District	Chesapeake City	District	1974
St. Francis Xavier Church	Warwick	Building	1975
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church	Earleville	Building	1982
Tome School for Boys Historic District	Port Deposit	District	1984
Turkey Point Light Station	North East	Structure	2002
West Nottingham Academy Historic District	Colora	District	1990
West Nottingham Meetinghouse	Rising Sun	Building	1976
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church Complex	Colora	Building	2025
Woodlands	Perryville	Building	1979
Worsell Manor	Warwick	Building	2023

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cecil was formed in 1674 (1674-06-06) from Baltimore, Kent.

By 6 June 1674, CECIL was created from BALTIMORE and KENT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cecil County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
13,625	9,018	16,048	17,232	23,862	27,108	24,662	23,612	26,407	33,356	48,408	60,430	85,951	103,725

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

38 cemeteries and 16 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 38 of 38 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Asbury United Methodist Cemetery	39.60051	-76.07045
Bethel Cemetery	39.53372	-75.78104
Bethesda Cemetery	39.6963	-76.18191
Boulden Chapel Cemetery	39.62603	-75.90081
Brookview Cemetery	39.6947	-76.07017
Cherry Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.66435	-75.85092
Cokesbury Church Cemetery	39.59893	-76.08111
Conowingo Baptist Church Cemetery	39.68132	-76.16298
Ebenezer Cemetery	39.48946	-75.83287
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.65862	-76.0104
Elk Neck Cemetery	39.5121	-75.95346
Elkton Cemetery	39.60784	-75.82508
Gilpin Cemetery	39.62311	-75.8293
Gilpin Manor Memorial Park Cemetery	39.62666	-75.82141
Griffith African United Methodist Cemetery	39.67849	-75.89171
Immaculate Conception Cemetery	39.65728	-75.85498
Krauss Family Cemetery	39.68676	-76.07411
Leeds Cemetery	39.65488	-75.87601
Memorial Cemetery	39.59745	-75.93509
Moores Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.71249	-75.92321
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	39.67074	-76.11528
Mount Zoar Cemetery	39.68529	-76.1765
New Bridge Cemetery	39.68673	-76.07845
Patterson Family Cemetery	39.58538	-76.05888
Rosebank Cemetery	39.70158	-75.98051
Saint Augustine Episcopal Cemetery	39.49383	-75.80858
Saint Johns United Methodist Cemetery	39.71997	-75.87617
Saint Marks Episcopal Church Cemetery	39.58315	-76.07441
Saint Pauls United Methodist Cemetery	39.42834	-75.92316
Saint Stephens Episcopal Cemetery	39.42557	-75.91705
Sharpes Cemetery	39.71056	-75.86816
Trinity Church Cemetery	39.68066	-75.98133
Union United Methodist Cemetery	39.64758	-75.90983
Veazey Family Cemetery	39.46161	-75.92696
Wesley Church Cemetery	39.56173	-75.89127
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church Cemetery	39.67135	-76.07548
Woodlawn Cemetery	39.64474	-76.05843
Zion the Grace Church Cemetery	39.67673	-75.96681

Historical populated places — 16 of 16

Name	Lat	Lon
Bald Friar	39.70288	-76.20995
Bank	39.65622	-75.81966
Bel Hill	39.63067	-75.82605
Cash Corner	39.40122	-75.84438
Concord	39.489	-75.83799
Conowingo	39.68344	-76.19329
Crawford Acres	39.4065	-75.883
Ewingville	39.69733	-75.90716
Five Points	39.69872	-76.17384
Foys Hill	39.60067	-76.00467
Head of Canal	39.71038	-76.21968
Mount Pleasant	39.70427	-76.17329
Nellys Corner	39.71344	-75.93605
Octararo	39.70705	-76.11495
Snow Hill	39.494	-75.87605
The Rock	39.70011	-75.88577

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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