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Dorchester County, Maryland
Dorchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,618.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24/24019.html )〕 Its county seat is Cambridge.〔(Dorchester County, Maryland - Government ). Msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved on 2014-04-28.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was formed in 1669 and named for the Earl of Dorset, a family friend of the Calverts (the founding family of the Maryland colony).
Dorchester County comprises the Cambridge, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area. It is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Dorchester County is the largest county on the Eastern Shore. It is bordered by the Choptank River to the north, Talbot County to the northwest, Caroline County to the northeast, Wicomico County to the southeast, Sussex County, Delaware, to the east, and the Chesapeake Bay to the west. Dorchester County uses the slogan, "The Heart of Chesapeake Country," due to its geographical location and the heart-like shape of the county on a map.
==History==
Many of the residents of Dorchester County make their living as farmers or working on the water. The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries provide bountiful harvests of crabs, oysters, and many fish species to commercial and recreational fisherman alike. Dorchester County, Maryland is the birthplace of Harriet Tubman, known widely for her work of guiding slaves to freedom.〔Footner, Hulbert. Maryland Man and the Eastern Shore.〕 Dorchester County has also been hit by two deadly tornadoes. The first one occurred on June 23, 1944 in Cambridge, where 2 people were killed and 33 were injured. The other was on May 8, 1984 in Hurlock, where one death and 6 injuries were reported.〔http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm〕 Both storms caused between 500,000 and 5 million dollars in damage.〔http://www.docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/nwr/073/nwr-073-01-0001.pdf〕〔http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com〕
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