{"id":4532,"date":"2023-06-24T16:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T16:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:15","slug":"dorchester-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dorchester-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorchester County, Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dorchester County is a county in Maryland, United States, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It had a population of 32,531 at the 2020 census and covers 983 square miles (2,550 km2) — making it Maryland’s largest county by total area — centred near 38\u00b025\u2032N 76\u00b005\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Cambridge is the county seat, and its postal code is 21613. The county has 1 incorporated city, 8 incorporated towns, 5 census-designated places, and numerous unincorporated communities. Dorchester County observes Eastern Time (UTC−5, EDT in summer) and carries FIPS code 24019.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Dorchester County<\/h2>\n

Of the roughly two dozen named places below, Cambridge is the only incorporated city; eight more are incorporated towns. The rest are census-designated places (CDP, unincorporated but tracked separately by the Census Bureau) or smaller unincorporated communities with no municipal government of their own.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Cambridge<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n13,096<\/td>\n21613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hurlock<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21643<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East New Market<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21631<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vienna<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21869<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secretary<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21664<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Church Creek<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21622<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Galestown<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eldorado<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21836<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brookview<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylors Island<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fishing Creek<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Algonquin<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elliott<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madison<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Airey<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beulah<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bishops Head<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bucktown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crapo<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crocheron<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hoopersville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linkwood<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lloyds<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reliance<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhodesdale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n21659<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salem<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toddville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whitehall<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williamsburg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wingate<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woolford<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Reliance sits on the Maryland–Delaware line and is shared with Sussex County, Delaware — only its Maryland half belongs to Dorchester County. The old list on this page also carried dozens of mobile-home-park and subdivision names (Beaver Run MH Park, Cabin Creek Estates, Snug Harbor Estates and similar); those are private developments rather than Census-recognised places and have been dropped — see notes.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n