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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.
American Corner is a populated place in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. American Corner is home to Colonel Richardson High School and Colonel Richardson Middle School. On older maps, it is sometimes referred to as American Corners. There was formerly a post office, cannery, blacksmith, and a store located there, as seen on the 1875 and 1897 Maps of Caroline County, Maryland.
Oil City is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the junction of Maryland routes 313 and 317.
The Nanticoke River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland. The tidal river course proceeds southwest into the Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay. The river is 64.3 miles (103.5 km) long. A 26-mile ecotourism water trail running along the River was set aside in July 2011 by Delaware state and federal officials, contiguous with a 37-mile water-trail extending through Maryland to the Chesapeake Bay.
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.
Andersontown is a populated place on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is situated near the Delaware line, centered on the intersection of Andersontown Road and Maryland Route 404.
Pierpont is a village in Boone County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 64 at the 2020 census. The village, located south of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park at Route N and Highway 163, was incorporated in 2004 to avoid annexation by the city of Columbia. It is now an independent village with its own governing board of trustees.
The St. Martin River is a tributary of Isle of Wight Bay in Worcester County, Maryland. Approximately 4.4 miles (7.1 km) long, it drains the northernmost part of Worcester County.
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.
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.
Burrsville is a populated place in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. One of the first references is on the 1875 Map of Caroline County, where the Burrsville Post Office appears. Burrsville is located near the Delaware border.
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.
Oakland is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States.
Whiteleysburg is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States.
Bradford is a ghost town in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. It was located between Eskridge and Harveyville.
Hynson, is an unincorporated community on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The earliest record of its existence is from the 1875 Map of Caroline County, where it is referred to as Newhope. In the 1897 Map of Caroline County, it is referred to as Hynson. The Hynson Post Office was located there, which operated from 1881 to 1907.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Two Johns, Maryland
- ↑ 1897 Saulsbury Map of Caroline County, Maryland (Map). 1897.
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