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Worcester County, Maryland

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35historic places

—earliest paper

1742formed

52,460pop. 2020

58cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 35 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Snow Hill, Berlin, Pocomoke City.

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

24 of 35 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

35 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
All Hallows Episcopal Church	Snow Hill	Building	1979
Berlin Commercial District	Berlin	District	1980
Beverly	Pocomoke City	Building	1975
Buckingham Archeological Site	Berlin	Site	1975
Burley Manor	Berlin	Building	1974
Caleb's Discovery	Berlin	Building	1975
Chanceford	Snow Hill	Building	1994
Clarke, Littleton T., House	Pocomoke City	Building	1996
Costen House	Pocomoke	Building	1975
Craig, Captain Robert S., Cottage	Ocean City	Building	2017
Crockett House	Pocomoke City	Building	1996
Fassitt House	Berlin	Building	1996
Friendship United Methodist Church, Old	West Post Office	Building	1996
Genesar	Berlin	Building	1971
Gunn, Samuel, House	Snow Hill	Building	2002
Henry's Grove	Berlin	Building	1984
Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church	Snow Hill	Building	2008
Mansion House	Public Landing	Building	1995
Mar-Va Theater	Pocomoke City	Building	1996
Martin, James, House	Snow Hill	Building	1996
Merry Sherwood	Berlin	Building	1991
Nassawango Iron Furnace Site	Snow Hill	Site	1975
Nun's Green	Snow Hill	Building	1979
Pocomoke City Historic District	Pocomoke City	District	2004
Pocomoke River Bridge	Pocomoke City	Structure	2025
Purnell, George Washington, House	Snow Hill	Building	1996
Queponco Railway Station	Newark	Building	1996
Sandy Point Site	Ocean City	Site	1975
Simpson's Grove	Ironshire	Building	1996
Smith, Gov. John Walter, House	Snow Hill	Building	1994
Snow Hill Drawbridge	Snow Hill	Structure	2025
St. Martins Church	Showell	Building	1977
St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church	Ocean City	Building	2008
Williams Grove	Berlin	Building	1996
Young-Sartorius House	Pocomoke City	Building	1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Worcester was formed in 1742 (1742-12-10) from Somerset.

WORCESTER created from SOMERSET.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
11,640	16,370	17,421	18,377	20,661	19,539	20,865	22,309	21,245	23,148	23,733	30,889	46,543	52,460

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).

Site	Type	Dist.
Assateague Island National Seashore	National Seashore	13.2 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

58 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 58 of 58 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
All Hallows Episcopal Cemetery	38.17542	-75.39483
Beth Eden Cemetery	38.11126	-75.46067
Beth Eden Cemetery	38.11511	-75.46187
Bethany Cemetery	38.31372	-75.15101
Bishopville Cemetery	38.44012	-75.19486
Buckingham Presbyterian Cemetery	38.31433	-75.22055
Christian Cemetery	38.18107	-75.38732
Church Street Cemetery	38.05619	-75.41648
Cool Spring Cemetery	38.11284	-75.39062
Dale Cemetery	38.4015	-75.30491
Ebenezer Cemetery	38.17206	-75.34489
Ebenezer Cemetery	38.4336	-75.2418
Evergreen Cemetery	38.31969	-75.1977
Goodwill Methodist Cemetery	38.06678	-75.49965
Gunby Methodist Cemetery	38.05428	-75.40825
Hancock Cemetery	38.07844	-75.45962
Hutt Chapel Cemetery	38.19413	-75.44664
Libertytown Riverside Cemetery	38.32872	-75.32103
Makemie Memorial Cemetery	38.17567	-75.39381
Mount Hope Baptist Cemetery	38.02178	-75.45464
Mount Olive Methodist Cemetery	38.25555	-75.44296
Mount Sinai Cemetery	38.00608	-75.50268
Mount Zion Cemetery	38.17085	-75.40353
Nassawango Cemetery	38.189	-75.44936
Nazareth Church Cemetery	38.21852	-75.53555
Nelson Cemetery	38.14391	-75.40729
Old Saint Martins Cemetery	38.39322	-75.20475
Old Shiloh Cemetery	38.10456	-75.48797
Old Trinity Cemetery	38.23601	-75.30939
Olivet Christian Cemetery	38.21436	-75.56228
Pitts Creek Cemetery	38.01985	-75.61091
Portersville Cemetery	38.0482	-75.38995
Pulletts Chapel Cemetery	38.40454	-75.30298
Pusey Cemetery	38.22251	-75.57886
Remson Methodist Cemetery	38.02222	-75.47086
Saint James Methodist Cemetery	38.00856	-75.58323
Saint Lukes Cemetery	38.09638	-75.45274
Saint Marks Cemetery	38.04327	-75.45681
Saint Martins Episcopal Cemetery	38.43063	-75.15023
Saint Marys Episcopal Cemetery	38.07476	-75.56561
Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery	38.32306	-75.21686
Salem Methodist Cemetery	38.06642	-75.58032
Shiloh Cemetery	38.09772	-75.47585
Spring Hill Cemetery	38.10456	-75.39575
Sunset Memorial Park	38.34636	-75.18329
Taylor Gate Cemetery	38.23206	-75.40436
Timmonstown Cemetery	38.34622	-75.30547
Townsend Cemetery	38.3186	-75.30018
Trinity Gardens Cemetery	38.25122	-75.28797
Trinity Methodist Cemetery	38.0615	-75.59909
Tyree Cemetery	38.31361	-75.21544
Union Cemetery	38.09206	-75.51631
Union Franklin City Cemetery	38.02372	-75.39881
Union Greenbackville Cemetery	38.01289	-75.41047
Wesley Cemetery	38.05484	-75.41325
Whaleyville Cemetery	38.39451	-75.30512
Zion Cemetery	38.26232	-75.60708
Zoar Golden Acres Cemetery	38.44924	-75.2259

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Bayview	38.08734	-75.37408
Piney Grove	38.25567	-75.44409

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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