Port Deposit in Cecil County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Woodlawn Camp Meeting

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, November 5, 2009

1. Site of Woodlawn Camp Meeting Marker

Inscription. Established by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1871, the camp was a popular center of religious and social life. Political candidates and vacationers attended the two-week meetings in August. Its forty-two year era ended in 1913.

Erected 1966 by Port Deposit Heritage Corporation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.

Location. 39° 37.563′ N, 76° 3.67′ W. Marker is in Port Deposit, Maryland, in Cecil County. It is at the intersection of Camp Meeting Ground Road and Principio Road, on the right when traveling west on Camp Meeting Ground Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Deposit MD 21904, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington, on the Eastern Shore,

and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Flight 605 (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cummings Tavern (approx. one mile away); Site of Chapel-of-Ease (approx. one mile away); USNTC Bainbridge (approx. 2.6 miles away); “O! say can you see…” (approx. 2.9 miles away); Explore the Chesapeake (approx. 3 miles away); Maryland Women in Military Service Monument (approx. 3 miles away); Brookland (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Deposit.

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Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, November 5, 2009

2. Site of Woodlawn Camp Meeting

There are no remaining remnants of the camp.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2009, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,931 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 5, 2009, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.