Dorchester County, MD

Headnote
DORCHESTER COUNTY, situated toward the southeasterly part of Maryland, with Chesapeake bay on the west. Area, 640 square miles. Face of the country level and marshy; soil sandy and of middling quality. Seat of justice, Cambridge. Pop. in 1810, 18,108; in 1820, 17,700; in 1830, 18,0686; in 1840, 18,843; in 1850, 18,887. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Maryland

Dorchester County, Maryland (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
DORCHESTER COUNTY, situated toward the southeasterly part of Maryland, with Chesapeake bay on the west. Area, 640 square miles. Face of the country level and marshy; soil sandy and of middling quality. Seat of justice, Cambridge. Pop. in 1810, 18,108; in 1820, 17,700; in 1830, 18,0686; in 1840, 18,843; in 1850, 18,887.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 106.
Date Type
Harriet Tubman is born Personal
- Returning to Dorchester County again, Tubman attempts to bring her brothers to freedom Personal
Tubman escapes slavery, traveling to Philadelphia Personal
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Cambridge, MD City or Town
Church Creek, MD City or Town
East New Market, MD City or Town
Edward Brodess' plantation Location or Site
Peters Neck Location or Site
Date Title
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Sentence of a Slave Abductor,” December 2, 1858
History of Dorchester County, Maryland
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