Fishing Creek is an
unincorporated community and
census-designated place (CDP) in
Dorchester County,
Maryland, United States, on
Upper Hoopers Island. As of the
2010 census, the population of Fishing Creek was 163.
It is in
area code 410, and
ZIP code 21634.
Demographics
Description
Located on a narrow island served primarily by Hoopers Island Road, Fishing Creek has a restaurant (Old Salty's), a post office, and a general store (Hoopers Island General Store), as well as
crabbing businesses which rely on seasonal workers.
Local legend posits a number of
ghosts
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...
in the Fishing Creek area. The village is on the upper island of the three-island chain known as Hoopers Island, about south of the
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and south of
Cambridge.
Hoopersville, on Middle Hooper Island, is to the south.
In the media
Fishing Creek resident Louie "Rufus" Frase, 43 at the time, was a contestant on the summer 2007
CBS reality television series ''
Pirate Master
''Pirate Master'' is an American reality television show created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on CBS. The show followed sixteen modern-day pirates on their quest for a gold treasure valued at US$1,000,000. The show was hosted by Cameron Daddo a ...
''.
References
External links
HomeTownLocator: Fishing Creek (MD) - Community ProfileRestaurants in Fishing Creek
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Crabbing communities in Maryland
Fishing communities in Maryland
Hoopers Island
Unincorporated communities in Dorchester County, Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Maryland
Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay