Worton, Maryland

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Worton, Maryland
Worton is located in Maryland
Worton
Worton
Coordinates: 39°16′28″N 76°05′32″W / 39.27444°N 76.09222°W / 39.27444; -76.09222Coordinates: 39°16′28″N 76°05′32″W / 39.27444°N 76.09222°W / 39.27444; -76.09222
Country United States
State Maryland
County Kent
Area
 • Total0.94 sq mi (2.44 km2)
 • Land0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation
72 ft (22 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total249
 • Density271/sq mi (104.7/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21678
Area code(s)410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID591611[1]
FIPS code24-87000

Worton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Maryland, United States.[1] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 249.[2]

The Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[3]

Geography[]

Worton is located along Maryland Route 297 at the crossing of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad, 4 miles (6 km) north of Chestertown, the Kent county seat. It is bordered to the north by Butlertown. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Worton CDP has an area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2), or 2.48%, is water.[2]

Education[]

It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and is in an unincorporated area, in the Butlertown census-designated place with a Worton postal address.

Worton Elementary School was formerly in the Butlertown CDP, with a Worton postal address.[4][5][6] In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary School,[7] with four members favoring and one against.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Worton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Worton CDP, Maryland". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Butlertown CDP, MD" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. ^ "Home". . Retrieved 2021-06-10. Kent County High School 25301 Lambs Meadow Rd Worton, MD 21678
  6. ^ "Home". Worton Elementary School. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2021-06-10. 11085 Worton Road, Worton, MD 21678
  7. ^ "Board of Education Action and Written Decision to Close Millington Elementary School and Worton Elementary School" (PDF). Kent County Public Schools. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  8. ^ Divilio, Daniel (2016-02-19). "4-1 vote closes Millington and Worton schools". My Eastern Shore, Maryland. Adams Publishing Group. Retrieved 2021-06-10.


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