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The Choptank (or Ababco [2]) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American people that historically lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. They occupied an area along the lower Choptank River basin, [ 3 ] which included parts of present-day Talbot , Dorchester and Caroline counties. [ 4 ]
The state park preserves portions of the former Choptank River Bridge as a pier, and includes 25 acres (10 ha) of land upriver from the pier in Talbot County. [ 2 ] The fishing pier was created after the Emerson C. Harrington Bridge, which had been dedicated in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt , was replaced with the Frederick C. Malkus ...
The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and the largest river on the Delmarva Peninsula. [4] Running for 71 miles (114 km), [5] it rises in Kent County, Delaware, runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and forms much of the border between Talbot County, Maryland, on the north, and Caroline County and Dorchester County on the east and south.
Between Washington, D.C., and Annapolis, US 50 follows a freeway called the John Hanson Highway, which is designated as unsigned I-595 between the interchanges with I-95/I-495 (the Capital Beltway) in New Carrollton and MD 70 in Annapolis. In Bowie, US 301 becomes concurrent with US 50 and unsigned I-595.
Choptank is an unincorporated town and census-designated place on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. [3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 129. [4] The town was founded in the 17th century. It is located on the tidal Choptank River, which flows into Chesapeake Bay.
Geologic formations of the Chesapeake Group can be found in Southern Maryland, including the Calvert Formation, the St. Marys Formation, and the Choptank Formation. Many of these formations are present at the Calvert Cliffs State Park in Calvert County. [21] Southern Maryland is within the Atlantic Coastal Plain physiographic region. [22]
This list of museums in Maryland encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Choptank Cooperative, Inc. was formed on September 21, 1938, after the Rural Electrification Act was passed. Its first electric distribution lines were energized on December 15, 1939, in Caroline County. [5] The cooperative was instrumental in the effort to provide electric power to the rural areas of Maryland's Eastern Shore. [6]