Worcester County, Maryland

Founding: 1742
Parent county: Somerset
Namesake: The Marquess of Worcester
Seat: Snow Hill (1742–)
Land area: 468 square miles
Population (2020): 52,460
Population (historic): 11,640 (1790); 18,377 (1840); 16,419 (1870); 20,865 (1900); 21,624 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1860; 1870–1920; 1940–2020
Subdivisions: One city; three towns; seven CDPs
National Register listings: 33
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,796 (4.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,135
Average outbuilding value (1930): $741

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,334
Average farm size (1920): 49.1 acres
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Snow Hill

 
Namesake: Unknown—perhaps Snow Hill, London
Founding: 1686 (founding); 1792 (post office); 1812 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,156
Population (historic): 714 (1850); 960 (1870); 1,483 (1890); 1,844 (1910); 1,604 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1910; 1930–1960; 1980–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 318 (31.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Beverly / Littleton Dennis House (c. 1770). 808 Beverly Lane. Georgian.
2. *Caleb's Discovery / Tingle House (18th century). 10350 Caleb Road. Federal.
3. *Cellar House (18th century). End of Cellar House Road.
4. *Simpson's Grove / Thomas Fassitt Farm (c. 1800). 8342 Downs Road. Federal.
5. *William Fassitt House (c. 1730). 12025 Fassitt Lane.
6. *Littleton Bowen House (c. 1840). 9831 Main Street. Federal.
7. *Gillis House (c. 1835). Old Ocean City Road, across from Pitts Road. Federal. Razed.
8. *Williams Grove / Davis–Brevard House (c. 1815/1855). 11824 Porfin Drive. Greek Revival.
9. *Genesar / John Purnell House (c. 1732). 6423 South Point Road.
10. *Henry's Grove / John Fassitt House (1792). 7918 Stephen Decatur Highway. Georgian.
11. *Merry Sherwood / Henry Johnson House (c. 1859). 8909 Worcester Highway. Italianate.
12. *St. Martin's Anglican Church (1756–1759). 11413 Worcester Highway. Georgian.