The Eastern Shore of Maryland is composed of the state's nine counties east of Chesapeake Bay. The counties are:
Cecil County
Kent County
Caroline County
Queen Anne's County
Dorchester County
Talbot County
Wicomico County
Somerset County
Worcester County
Although the Eastern Shore comprises more than a third of Maryland's land area, only about 7% of Maryland's population lives on the Eastern Shore.
The main economic activities on the Eastern Shore are farming, seafood, and services related to tourism. Ocean City is the main resort destination on the Eastern Shore.
The Eastern Shore has always been a distinctive region, and has often attempted to split off from the state of Maryland. Proposals have been debated in the Maryland General Assembly in 1833-1835, 1852 and recently in 1999 for the Eastern Shore joining Delaware or becoming its own state.
Transportation across Chesapeake Bay was by ferries until 1952, when the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge was opened for traffic. The Bridge spans 4.35 miles of the Chesapeake Bay and is the longest continuous over-water steel structure.
The advent of easy transportation and tourism to the Eastern Shore did much to erode its distinctive culture and its many accents that date to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Maryland’sEasternShore is located on the northern half of the Delmarva Peninsula and is made up of nine counties: Worchester, Wicomico, Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, and Cecil.
Salisbury is the county seat and the largest city on the EasternShore of Maryland.
And many of the EasternShore’s counties have museums that reflect the region’s maritime past, including the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in Talbot County, the C&D (Chesapeake & Delaware) Canal Museum in Cecil County, and the Brannock Maritime Museum in Dorchester County.
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