West Denton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 52. It is located on the west bank of the

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, 20 ...

, across from Denton, the Caroline County seat. Maryland Route 404 Business crosses the Choptank and the oldest portion of the community on a bridge constructed in 1979.

Maryland Route 328 Maryland Route 328 (MD 328) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Easton east to just north of MD 404 in West Denton. MD 328 connects Easton with Denton, passing through easter ...

forms the western edge of the CDP, and the

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 Carol ...

bypass (Shore Highway) forms the northern edge, crossing the Choptank on the Governor

Harry R. Hughes Harry Roe Hughes (November 13, 1926 – March 13, 2019) was an American politician from the Democratic Party who served as the 57th Governor of Maryland from 1979 to 1987. Early life and family Hughes was born in Easton, Maryland, the s ...

Bridge, constructed in 1982. Located at West Denton are the

Neck Meetinghouse and Yard The Neck Meetinghouse and Yard, also known as the Quaker Meetinghouse and Graveyard, is a historic Quaker meetinghouse located at West Denton, Caroline County, Maryland. It is a one-story rectangular frame building with a pitched gable roof mea ...

and

West Denton Warehouse-Wharf West Denton Warehouse-Wharf is a historic warehouse located at West Denton, Caroline County, Maryland. It is an early-20th century timber-framed warehouse structure situated along the west bank of the upper Choptank River. The earliest section was ...

, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Census-designated places in Caroline County, Maryland Census-designated places in Maryland {{CarolineCountyMD-geo-stub