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Caroline County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of Maryland on its Eastern Shore. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,293. Its county seat is Denton.
Denton is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The population of Denton was 4,418 as of the 2010 United States Census, and it is the county seat of Caroline County.
Hillsboro is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The population was 161 at the 2010 United States Census. Daffin House and St. Paul's Episcopal Church were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Harmony is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is little more than an intersection of state Routes 16 and 578 on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Its original name was Fowling Creek, named after a stream nearby that is a tributary of the Choptank River.
Oil City is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the junction of Maryland routes 313 and 317.
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Marshyhope Creek is a 37.0-mile-long (59.5 km) tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and Dorchester County, Maryland.
Two Johns, is an unincorporated community on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is situated on Maryland Route 16. The name derives from an early resident who was a vaudeville actor, John Stewart Crossy. He toured with John Hart and a series of other girthy men as the "Two Johns" or the "Fat Men's Club" during the height of his popularity. The village appears on the 1897 Map of Caroline County.
The Ocean City Life-Saving Station is located on the Boardwalk at the Inlet, Ocean City, Maryland, United States. The Ocean City Life-Saving Station was built in 1891 and was originally located at Caroline Street on the boardwalk until it moved to its current location in 1977. It currently serves as the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum since 1978.
Tuckahoe Creek is a 21.5-mile-long (34.6 km) tributary of the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as the Tuckahoe River. Upstream of Hillsboro, it forms the boundary between Caroline County and Queen Anne's County, passing through Tuckahoe State Park and dividing the small towns of Queen Anne and Hillsboro. Downstream of Hillsboro, it forms the boundary between Caroline County and Talbot County, before flowing into the Choptank.
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Columbia Furnace is an unincorporated community in Shenandoah County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Linchester is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The community's name is a portmanteau of Caroline County and that of neighboring Dorchester County.
Hickman is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland. It straddles the border with Kent County, Delaware, along Maryland Route 16.
Hobbs is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States.
Jumptown is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States.
Tanyard is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States.
Whiteleysburg is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States.
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