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Wicomico County, Maryland

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
25historic places
—earliest paper
1867formed
103,588pop. 2020
25cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 25 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Salisbury, Hebron, Allen.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maryland is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Wicomico titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

15 of 25 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

25 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Asbury Methodist Episcopal ChurchAllenBuilding1999
BeaudleyTyaskinBuilding2001
Bennett's AdventureAllenBuilding1975
Bounds LottAllenBuilding1978
Delmar SchoolDelmarBuilding2026
Gillis-Grier HouseSalisburyBuilding1972
Honeysuckle LodgeSalisburyBuilding1996
Jackson, Sen. William P., HouseSalisburyBuilding1976
Long HillWetipquinBuilding1974
Maple Leaf Farm Potato HouseHebronBuilding1998
Pemberton HallSalisburyBuilding1971
Perry-Cooper HouseSalisburyBuilding1977
Poplar Hill MansionSalisburyBuilding1971
San Domingo SchoolSharpstownBuilding2007
Spring Hill ChurchHebronBuilding1976
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal ChurchQuanticoBuilding1975
St. GilesHebronBuilding1982
Union Station, WI-150SalisburyBuilding2007
United States Post OfficeSalisburyBuilding2016
Wailes, F. Leonard, Law OfficeSalisburyBuilding1997
Western FieldsHebronBuilding1987
Whitehaven Historic DistrictWhitehavenDistrict1980
Whitehaven HotelWhitehavenBuilding1996
Wicomico River BridgeSalisburyStructure2025
Yellow Brick HouseBilvalveBuilding1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wicomico was formed in 1867 (1867-10-05) from Somerset, Worcester.

WICOMICO created from SOMERSET and WORCESTER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wicomico County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

104k60k16k1870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
15,80218,01622,85228,16534,53039,64149,05064,54084,644103,588

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Assateague Island National SeashoreNational Seashore45.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed
NameLatLon
Allen Methodist Cemetery38.29012-75.68992
Barren Creek Springs Presbyterian Cemetery38.45824-75.75648
Bethel Cemetery38.45186-75.35966
Colbourne Cemetery38.30231-75.4531
Dennis Cemetery38.38054-75.35685
Dolbey Cemetery38.27676-75.79342
Farlows Cemetery38.4226-75.40483
Green Acres Cemetery38.3977-75.61352
Hammond Cemetery38.35031-75.49744
Hebron Cemetery38.42247-75.68336
Hustons Cemetery38.36622-75.59186
Jerusalem Methodist Cemetery38.38655-75.4714
Melson Cemetery38.44322-75.48125
New Hope Cemetery38.39596-75.3277
Nichols Family Cemetery38.4426-75.55618
Oak Grove Cemetery38.28325-75.88702
Parsons Cemetery38.37622-75.59604
Redman Cemetery38.52872-75.71354
Saint Johns Cemetery38.32784-75.38846
Saint Johns Methodist Cemetery38.31834-75.61782
Spring Hill Memorial Garden38.42252-75.66601
Twilley Family Cemetery38.45185-75.35926
Union Cemetery38.30812-75.57783
Wicomico Memorial Park38.35428-75.58324
Zion Methodist Cemetery38.51574-75.71997
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Frankford38.35984-75.59687
Hearns38.43456-75.42742
Kelly38.2854-75.48325
Minksville38.35845-75.53381

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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