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Dorchester County, Maryland

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29historic places

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1669formed

32,531pop. 2020

38cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 29 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Cambridge, Taylor's Island, East New Market.

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

15 of 29 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

29 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church	Taylor's Island	Building	1979
Brinsfield I Site	Cambridge	Site	1975
Cambridge Historic District, Wards I and III	Cambridge	District	1990
Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery	Cambridge	Building	1984
Dale's Right	Cambridge	Building	1979
Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail	Cambridge	Building	1982
East New Market Historic District	East New Market	District	1975
Fletcher, K. B., Mill	East New Market	Building	1978
Friendship Hall	East New Market	Building	1973
Glasgow	Cambridge	Building	1976
Glen Oak Hotel	Hurlock	Building	1983
Goldsborough House	Cambridge	Building	1988
Grace Episcopal Church Complex	Taylor's Island	Building	1979
Handsell	Vienna	Building	2008
Hooper Island Light Station	Hooperville	Structure	2002
Hughes A.M.E. Chapel	Cambridge	Building	2018
LaGrange	Cambridge	Building	1980
Medicine Hill	Church Creek	Building	2022
Oakley, Annie, House	Cambridge	Building	1996
PATRICIA (log canoe)	Cambridge	Structure	1985
Phillips Packing Company Plant F	Cambridge	Building	2021
Pine Street Neighborhood Historic District	Cambridge	District	2012
Rehoboth	Eldorado	Building	1972
Ridgeton Farm	Taylor's Island	Building	1977
Rock Methodist Episcopal Church	Cambridge	Building	2014
Stanley Institute	Cambridge	Building	1975
Sycamore Cottage	Cambridge	Building	1988
Willin Village Archeological Site	Eldorado	Site	1975
Yarmouth	Cambridge	Building	1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Dorchester was formed in 1669 (1669-02-16) from Talbot.

By 16 February 1668/1669, DORCHESTER was created from Non-County Area 2 between SOMERSET and TALBOT. DORCHESTER territorial limits, if any, are unknown; boundaries were partially defined 6 May 1669.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
15,875	16,346	17,759	18,843	20,461	23,110	27,962	27,895	28,006	27,815	29,666	30,623	30,674	32,531

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 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 38 of 38 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Airey Cemetery	38.51554	-75.98791
Antioch Cemetery	38.54956	-76.15661
Bethany Methodist Cemetery	38.23566	-76.05936
Bethel Cemetery	38.55834	-76.08465
Bethlehem Cemetery	38.4822	-76.31608
Cambridge Cemetery	38.56636	-76.07499
Christ Cemetery	38.57288	-76.07662
Cokesbury Cemetery	38.61761	-75.72548
Cokesbury Cemetery	38.61428	-75.72845
Dorchester Memorial Park	38.54929	-76.01827
Dukes Cemetery	38.55953	-75.76649
East New Market Cemetery	38.5915	-75.94382
Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery	38.67566	-75.89799
Ebenezer Cemetery	38.31706	-76.11493
Eldorado Cemetery	38.58498	-75.78861
Elliotts Cemetery	38.30945	-76.00245
Gootee Family Cemetery	38.37936	-76.17143
Grace Episcopal Cemetery	38.47115	-76.30883
Greenlawn Cemetery	38.56962	-76.10328
Insley Family Cemetery	38.43118	-76.06849
Joppa Methodist Cemetery	38.508	-76.21958
McKendree Cemetery	38.58146	-75.84889
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	38.51761	-75.9016
Old Trinity Cemetery	38.50388	-76.1663
Reids Grove Cemetery	38.5331	-75.82826
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.38234	-76.19327
Saint Johns Episcopal Chapel Cemetery	38.60294	-76.22088
Saint Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Cemetery	38.38567	-76.24883
Saint Pauls Cemetery	38.63066	-75.81299
Salem Cemetery	38.51511	-75.91022
Scotts Chapel Cemetery	38.46659	-76.02793
Skinners Cemetery	38.68427	-75.83493
Solomon Cemetery	38.67598	-75.82155
Vienna Cemetery	38.48211	-75.82773
Washington Cemetery	38.64539	-75.88493
Waugh Cemetery	38.566	-76.08272
Woolford Mace Cemetery	38.50484	-76.18105
Zion Methodist Cemetery	38.297	-76.06868

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Applegarth	38.24485	-76.13994
Ennalls	38.60067	-75.84716
Gluckheim	38.57984	-75.96855
James	38.58568	-76.25856

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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