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Tuckahoe Creek
Tuckahoe Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 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. Two miles south of Queen Anne, east of where Tapper's Corner Road ends at Lewistown Road, a creek flows () into the Tuckahoe near the most likely location of the birth of Frederick Douglass. Details on navigating the creek, sights to be seen, etc. may be found in the ''Choptank & Tuckahoe RiverGuide.''Choptank River Heritage See also *List of rivers of Maryland List of rivers of Maryland (U.S. state). ...
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Choptank River
The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and the largest river on the Delmarva Peninsula. Running for ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 it rises in Kent County, Delaware, runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and forms much of the border between Talbot County, Maryland, on the north, and Caroline County and Dorchester County on the east and south. It is located north of the Nanticoke River, and its mouth is located south of Eastern Bay. Cambridge, the county seat of Dorchester County, and Denton, the county seat of Caroline County, are located on its south shore. Its watershed area in Maryland is , of which is open water, so it is 22% water. The predominant land use is agricultural with , or 48% of the land area. The river is named after the native Choptank people. Course The Choptank River begins at Choptank Mills, Delaware, where Tidy Island Creek and Culb ...
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Eastern Shore Of Maryland
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is a part of the U.S. state of Maryland that lies mostly on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay. Nine counties are normally included in the region. The Eastern Shore is part of the larger Delmarva Peninsula that Maryland shares with Delaware and Virginia. As of the 2010 census, its population was 449,226, with just under 8% of Marylanders living in the region – less populous than the city of Baltimore. It is politically more conservative than the rest of the state, generally returning more votes for Republicans than Democrats in statewide and national elections. Developed in the colonial and federal period for agriculture, the Eastern Shore has remained a relatively rural region. The small city of Salisbury is the most populous community. The economy is dominated by three sectors: fishing along the coasts, especially for shellfish such as the blue crab; farming, especially large-scale chicken farms; and tourism, especially centered on the A ...
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Maryland Route 404
Maryland Route 404 (MD 404) is a major highway on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the United States. It runs from MD 662 in Wye Mills on the border of Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, southeast to the Delaware state line in Caroline County, where the road continues as Delaware Route 404 (DE 404) to the Five Points intersection near Rehoboth Beach. The Maryland and Delaware state highways together cross the width of the Delmarva Peninsula and serve to connect the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area by way of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and U.S. Route 50 (US 50) with the Delaware Beaches. Along the way, MD 404 passes through mostly farmland and woodland as well as the towns of Queen Anne, Hillsboro, and Denton. The route is a four-lane divided highway between US 50 and east of Denton, with the remainder of the route a two-lane undivided road. MD 404 was designated by 1933 to run from Matapeake (where the Annapolis–Mata ...
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Hillsboro, Maryland
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. History Hillsboro is the oldest town in Caroline County. Evidence shows that as early as 1694 there was an Anglican chapel-of-ease located on the Eastern bank of the Tuckahoe. Commercially Hillsboro was the site of a tobacco warehouse, one or more general stores, a shoe factory, and a tavern, but its chief claim to fame lies within the spiritual and cultural fields. Painter Charles Willson Peale briefly resided in Hillsboro. The first newspaper to be published in Caroline County was published in Hillsboro in 1831 by Lucas Brothers. Hillsboro previously known as Tuckahoe Bridge was named in the honor of Lord Hillsboro of the Calvert Family. In 1804 there was a fever epidemic in Hillsboro then again in 1816; both occurred in the same house the Sel ...
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Caroline County, Maryland
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. Caroline County is bordered by Queen Anne's County to the north, Talbot County to the west, Dorchester County to the south, Kent County, Delaware, to the east, and Sussex County, Delaware, to the southeast. History Caroline County was created via 1773 Maryland General Assembly legislation from parts of Dorchester and Queen Anne's counties. The county derives its name from Lady Caroline Eden, wife of Maryland's last colonial governor, Robert Eden. Seven commissioners were originally appointed: Charles Dickinson, Benson Stainton, Thomas White, William Haskins, Richard Mason, Joshua Clark, and Nathaniel Potter. These men bought of land at Pig Point (now Denton) on which to build a courthouse and jail. Until the completion of these buildings, court was held at Melvill's Warehouse, approximately north of P ...
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Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Queen Anne's County is located on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,874. Its county seat and most populous municipality is Centreville. The census-designated place of Stevensville is the county's most populous place. The county is named for Queen Anne of Great Britain, who reigned when the county was established in 1706 during the colonial period. Queen Anne's County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area, and is the easternmost in both. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge connects Queen Anne County of the Eastern Shore to Anne Arundel County on the Western Shore. The American Discovery Trail runs through the county. History Queen Anne's County has two hundred sixty-five miles of waterfront, much of that being the shores of Kent Island, which stands out from the eastern shore of th ...
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Tuckahoe State Park
Tuckahoe State Park is a public recreation area located along Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline and Queen Anne's counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, United States. Adkins Arboretum, a garden and preserve maintaining over 600 native plant species, occupies 500 acres of the park. The arboretum provides classes to the public in horticulture, ecology and natural history. Activities and amenities The state park features a lake for fishing and boating plus of trails for hiking, biking, and equestrian use. The park also offers camping, cabins, and hunting as well as a recycled-tire playground for children. The American Discovery Trail The American Discovery Trail is a system of recreational trails and roads that collectively form a coast-to-coast hiking and biking trail across the mid-tier of the United States. Horses can also be ridden on most of this trail. The coastal tra ... runs through the park. In the news Residents who felt the quiet, rural nature of the park was threa ...
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Queen Anne, Maryland
Queen Anne is a town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, Queen Anne's and Talbot County, Maryland, Talbot counties in the U.S. state of Maryland. The population was 222 at the 2010 census. Geography Queen Anne is located at (38.919039, -75.952827). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Tuckahoe Creek passes by the town. The likely birthplace of Frederick Douglass is 2-3 miles south, near the banks of the Tuckahoe. Maryland Route 404 passes to the north of town. Tuckahoe State Park is a short ride north of MD 404. The border between Talbot County and Queen Anne's County runs through the middle of town. History According to the Maryland Municipal League: :In the 1850s, the area that is now the town of Queen Anne, was part of a 225-acre farm owned by Jacob Morgan. Initially, the town nucleus was nothing but a 1½-story dwelling, but in 1864 Mr. Morgan built a more substantial place—it was known locally as “the mansion house,” ...
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Talbot County, Maryland
Talbot County is located in the heart of the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 37,526. Its county seat is Easton, Maryland, Easton. The county was named for Lady Grace Talbot, the wife of Robert Talbot (statesman), Sir Robert Talbot, an Anglo-Ireland, Irish statesman, and the sister of Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, Lord Baltimore. Talbot County comprises the Easton, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington, D.C., Washington–Baltimore–Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, DC–MD–Virginia, VA–West Virginia, WV–Pennsylvania, PA Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. Talbot County is bordered by Queen Anne's County, Maryland, Queen Anne's County to the north, Caroline County, Maryland, Caroline County to the east, Dorchester County, Maryland, Dorchester County to the south, and the Chesapeake Bay to the west. ...
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave. It was in response to this disbelief that Douglass wrote his first autobiography. Douglass wrote three autobiographies, describing his experiences as a slave in his ''Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave'' (1845), which became a bestseller and was influential in promoting t ...
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List Of Rivers Of Maryland
List of rivers of Maryland (U.S. state). The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. By drainage basin Delaware River *Christina River Atlantic Ocean * Ayres Creek * Greys Creek * St. Martin River *Turville Creek * Trappe Creek Chesapeake Bay Eastern Shore * Pocomoke River ** Dividing Creek ** Nassawango Creek *Little Annemessex River *Big Annemessex River *Manokin River * Monie Creek * Wicomico River ** Beaverdam Creek * Nanticoke River **Barren Creek *** Mockingbird Creek **Marshyhope Creek *** Big Creek ***Stony Bar Creek ***Krafts Creek *** Spears Creek ***Becky Taylor Branch *** Mill Branch *** Mill Creek *** Puckum Branch *** Wrights Branch ***Skinners Run ***Davis Millpond Branch **** North Davis Millpond Branch **** South Davis Millpond Branch *** Miles Branch *** Tanyard Branch *** Faulkner Branch *** Tull Branch ***Sullivan Branch **** Raccoon ...
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