Cambridge City, Dorchester County, Maryland (MD)

Cambridge City

Dorchester County, Maryland

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Cambridge City Hall is located at 410 Academy Street, Cambridge MD 21613.
Phone: 410‑228‑4020.

Neighborhoods

  • Aireys
  • Algonquin
  • Andrews
  • Appleby
  • Bay Country Mobile Home Park
  • Bay Country Village
  • Bay Heights
  • Bayview Estates
  • Blackwater Landing
  • Bonnie Brook
  • Brannock Cove Estates
  • Brannocks Woods
  • Cambridge Green
  • Cambridge Landing
  • Cambridge West
  • Cannon Acres
  • Cassons Neck
  • Cattail Crossing
  • Cherry Island
  • Clifton Woods
  • Cooks Point
  • Deep Harbour
  • East Appleby
  • East Cambridge
  • Edlon Park
  • Estates at Whitehall
  • Ferry Farms Estates
  • Garden Estates
  • Gary Creek
  • Glasgow
  • Green Cove
  • Hambrooks
  • Harbor Haven
  • Harbor Watch
  • Heron Harbor
  • Hillcrest
  • Hoopers Island
  • Horns Point
  • Hudson
  • Jacktown
  • James Court
  • Jenkins Creek
  • Kilmaurie
  • Lagrange
  • Lecompte Creek
  • Lodgecliffe
  • Longboat Estates
  • Market Square
  • McBrides Crossing
  • Neck District
  • Oak Hill
  • Oakley Beach
  • Oakley Chase
  • Ocean Estates
  • Ocean Gateway
  • Paw Paw Acres
  • Paw Paw Point
  • Pintail Landing
  • Preston
  • Race Street
  • Ragged Point
  • Rippling Water
  • River Marsh
  • Riverton
  • Robbins Estates
  • Rose Hill
  • Roslyn
  • Ruxton Landing
  • Sandy Hill
  • Shepherds Village
  • Southside
  • Southside Landing
  • Town Point
  • Town Point Estates
  • Twin Point Cove
  • Twin Points
  • Waterside
  • Watervale
  • West End
  • Westend
  • Whitehall

Beginnings [1]

Cambridge is the county seat of Dorchester and most of the county's population lives in or near the city. Located on the south shore of the Choptank River along the north-central edge of the county, Cambridge has always derived its livelihood from the surrounding waterways. Fishing, boat building, shipping and other water dependent industries have always been important. Intertwined with water, however, is agriculture as a base upon which Cambridge and Dorchester County grew. Cambridge was laid out in 1684, making it among the oldest towns in the State of Maryland. It became a port city and by the late 19th century had a food processing, packing and canning industry second only to Baltimore in the United States.

  1. Paula S. Reed, Ph.D., Preservation Associates, Inc., Cambridge Historic District: Wards I and III, Dorchester County, Maryland, nomination document, 1990, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.

Nearby Towns: Town of Trappe •


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