Fishing Creek, Maryland
Fishing Creek, Maryland | |
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  Fishing Creek Location within the State of Maryland | |
| Coordinates: 38°19′20″N 76°13′28″W / 38.32222°N 76.22444°WCoordinates: 38°19′20″N 76°13′28″W / 38.32222°N 76.22444°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Dorchester |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 163 |
| • Density | 59.9/km2 (155/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 21634 |
| Area code(s) | 410, 443, and 667 |
| GNIS feature ID | 596534[1] |
Fishing Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, on Upper Hoopers Island. As of the 2010 census, the population of Fishing Creek was 163.[2]
It is in area code 410, and ZIP code 21634.
Description[]
Located on a narrow island served primarily by Hoopers Island Road, Fishing Creek has a restaurant (Old Salty's), a post office, and a general store (Hoopers Island General Store), as well as crabbing businesses which rely on seasonal workers.[3] Local legend posits a number of ghosts in the Fishing Creek area. The village is on the upper island of the three-island chain known as Hoopers Island, about 15 miles (24 km) south of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and 24 miles (39 km) south of Cambridge. Hoopersville, on Middle Hooper Island, is 6 miles (10 km) to the south.
In the media[]
Fishing Creek resident Louie "Rufus" Frase, 43 at the time, was a contestant on the summer 2007 CBS reality television series Pirate Master.
References[]
- ^ "Fishing Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fishing Creek CDP, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 29, 2015.[dead link]
- ^ Armus, Teo (August 17, 2018). "These Maryland businesses rely on Mexican workers. Without visas this year, they say they are suffering". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
External links[]
- HomeTownLocator: Fishing Creek (MD) - Community Profile
- Restaurants in Fishing Creek
- Ghosts of America: Spooky Ghost Tales from Fishing Creek, Maryland also known as Hoopersville (sic)
Municipalities and communities of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States | ||
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- Crabbing communities in Maryland
- Fishing communities in Maryland
- Hoopers Island
- Unincorporated communities in Dorchester County, Maryland
- Unincorporated communities in Maryland
- Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay