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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 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.
The history of Quakerism in Talbot County goes back as far as the earliest European settlements of the area in 1658 and 1659. By the early 1660s, at least four Friends meetings were in existence: Bayside, along the Chesapeake Bay; Choptank and Tuckahoe, along the rivers of those names; and Michael's River, along what is now known as the Miles River.
The Choptank people lived in modern-day Talbot, Dorchester, and Caroline counties, including the town of Cambridge. They were the only Indigenous group granted a reservation by the Maryland colony, which they lived on until the land was sold to developers by the government in 1822. [17]
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.
Choptank Electric Cooperative is a nonprofit utility cooperative that distributes electricity to rural areas in the Eastern Shore region of the state of Maryland. The cooperative, which was founded in 1938, is headquartered in Denton .
Choptank may refer to a location in the eastern United States or a former Native American tribe: Choptank people; Communities. Choptank, Maryland, Caroline County; Choptank Mills, Delaware, Kent County; Other. Choptank (Middletown, Delaware), listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern New Castle County, Delaware
CDP Population (2020) [1] County Aberdeen Proving Ground: 1,668 Harford: Abingdon: 4,826 Harford: Accokeek: 13,927 Prince George's: Adamstown: 2,331 Frederick: Adelphi