Bloodsworth Island

Bloodsworth Island

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Geography
Location	Chesapeake Bay
Coordinates	38°10′36″N 76°03′08″W / 38.17667°N 76.05222°W / 38.17667; -76.05222
Administration
United States
State	Maryland
Demographics
Population	0

Bloodsworth Island is an island in the Chesapeake Bay. It lies in southern Dorchester County, Maryland.^[1] Historic research suggests that sites discovered in an archaeological investigation of the northern third of the island were associated with families who worked in the nineteenth-century Chesapeake Bay oystering industry.^[2]

History[]

Bloodsworth Island Range[]

From 1942 to 1995, the United States Navy used the island as a shore bombardment and bombing range for firing and dropping live ordnance from ships and aircraft. This included bombs, small and large caliber ammunition, rockets, and missiles that contained explosives, propellants, and other energetics.^[3] Due to extensive contamination by unexploded ordnance, the island is currently off-limits to the public.

In popular culture[]

The episode "What We Become" in the AMC original series The Walking Dead features the island as a major location. Newcomer Virgil says he is from a community living on Bloodsworth Island and he is trying to return. The episode ends with Michonne (Danai Gurira) accompanying Virgil, presumably to return to Bloodsworth Island to obtain weapons.

External links[]

• Bloodsworth Island Range Safety Bulletin

Gallery[]

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  1903 topographic map.

References[]

• Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0-87779-546-0.