Dorchester County, Maryland

Founding: 1669
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Dorchester, England
Seat: Islington (1669–1670); Harwood's Choice (1673–1687); Cambridge (1687–)
Land area: 541 square miles
Population (2020): 32,531
Population (historic): 15,875 (1790); 18,843 (1840); 19,458 (1870); 27,962 (1900); 26,813 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–1860; 1870–1910; 1930s; 1950s; 1970s; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: One city; eight towns; five CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,613 (22%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,432
Average outbuilding value (1930): $872

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,019
Average farm size (1920): 58 acres
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Cambridge

 
Namesake: Cambridge, England
Founding: 1684 (platting); 1793 (incorporation); 1800 (post office)
Population (2020): 13,096
Population (historic): 1,862 (1860); 2,262 (1880); 5,747 (1900); 8,544 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1960; 1970s; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,825 (27.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Ridgeton / Levi Travers Farm (1857–1860). 4415 Bay Shore Road. Italianate.
2. Yarmouth / John Eccleston House (c. 1740). 3905 Bestpitch Ferry Road. Georgian.
3. Rebecca Taylor House (c. 1865). Cokesbury Road, northeast of Eldorado Road. Italianate. Razed.
4. John Henry House (c. 1800). 3503 Elliott Island Road. Georgian.
5. Bethlehem Methodist Church (1857). Hooper Neck Road, north of Bay Shore Road. Greek Revival.
6. Sherman Institute (c. 1850). 5784 Mount Holly Road. Italianate.
7. Rehoboth / Francis Lee House (c. 1785/1917). 5850 Puckum Road. Georgian.
8. Friendship Hall / James Sulivane House (c. 1790). 15 Railroad Avenue. Georgian.
9. Rose Hill / Samuel Webster House (c. 1810). 3966 Secretary–East New Market Road. Federal. Razed.
10. Liberty Hall / Samuel Woolford House (c. 1860). 1608 Taylor's Island Road. Greek Revival.
11. Old Trinity Anglican Church (c. 1675). 1716 Taylor's Island Road.

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