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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Caroline County, Maryland

 
Clickable Map of Caroline County, Maryland and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Caroline County, MD (89) Dorchester County, MD (148) Queen Anne s County, MD (113) Talbot County, MD (131) Kent County, DE (264) Sussex County, DE (494)  CarolineCounty(89) Caroline County (89)  DorchesterCounty(148) Dorchester County (148)  QueenAnne'sCounty(113) Queen Anne's County (113)  TalbotCounty(131) Talbot County (131)  KentCountyDelaware(264) Kent County (264)  SussexCounty(494) Sussex County (494)
Denton is the county seat for Caroline County
Adjacent to Caroline County, Maryland
      Dorchester County (148)  
      Queen Anne's County (113)  
      Talbot County (131)  
      Kent County, Delaware (264)  
      Sussex County, Delaware (494)  
 
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1 Maryland, Caroline County, Andersontown — North-South Boundary Between the State of Maryland and the State of Delaware
On Shore Highway (Maryland Route 404) near the State Line, on the right when traveling east.
2 Maryland, Caroline County, Choptank — 25 — Choptank Landing — Escape from Poplar Neck — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Water Street.
3 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — "29, Let's Go!"
On South 4th Street north of Randolph Street, on the right when traveling north.
4 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — 6 PDR. Nordenfeldt 57 M.M., Rapid Fire Gun.
On Legion Road, on the right when traveling south.
5 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — American Legion — Post 29
On Legion Road, on the right when traveling south.
6 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Bell from First Methodist Church
On 5th Street south of Franklin Street (Maryland Route 404), on the right when traveling south.
7 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — 33 — Caroline County Visitor Center — Abolitionists Abound — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Crouse Park Lane west of Gay Street (Maryland Route 404), on the right when traveling west.
8 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Caroline Court House
On Market Street near Between 1st and 2nd Streets, on the right when traveling west.
9 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — 31 — Caroline Courthouse — In the Shadow of Justice — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Market Street at North 2nd Street on Market Street.
10 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — 35 — Choptank River Heritage Center — Steal Away by River — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On River Landing Road.
11 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Denton
On 5th Street at South 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on 5th Street.
12 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Denton Schoolhouse — 104 South 2nd Street
On South 2nd Street south of Franklin Street (Maryland Route 404), on the left when traveling north.
13 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Early Commercial Agriculture
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
14 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Edmondson's Reserve
Near Detour Road, 0.4 miles east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
15 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Emancipation's Close Call — Did Union Troops Suppress the Vote?
On Market Street at North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Market Street.
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16 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Great Wars of World Conflict
On Market Street at 1st Street, on the left when traveling east on Market Street.
17 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Hubs of Activity — Terminals, Wharves and Landings on the Choptank
On River Landing Road, 0.4 miles north of New Bridge Road (Maryland Route 328), on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
18 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay
On 2nd Street at Gay Street, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Street. Reported permanently removed.
19 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Maryland Steamboat Company's Joppa Wharf at Denton — The Wharves at Choptank Crossing
On River Landing Road.
20 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Maryland's Eastern Shore — Hundreds of Enslaved and Free Black Men Enlisted
On North 2nd Street at Gay Street, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd Street. Reported permanently removed.
21 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Moses and the Hounds — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
On Foot of Gay Street.
22 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Mystery Ship
Near Martinak State Park Road, 0.4 miles south of Deep Shore Road, on the left when traveling south.
23 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Neck Meeting House
On Maryland Route 404 at Maryland Route 328, on the right when traveling west on State Route 404.
24 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Neck Meeting House Native Garden
On Meeting House Road.
25 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Nest of Traitors — The Denton Arrests
On River Landing Road, 0.4 miles north of New Bridge Road (Maryland Route 328), on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
26 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — On this spot Sept. 5, 1938 stood Franklin Delano Roosevelt
On Market Street, on the left when traveling west.
27 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Peter Still: The Kidnapped and the Ransomed
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
28 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — President Roosevelt's Speech — 1938 — "The Biggest Day That Denton Had Ever Seen" —
On Market Street west of North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
29 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Revolution or Fraud? — Emancipation in Caroline Co.
On Market Street at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Market Street. Reported permanently removed.
30 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Ruth Ann Crouse
On South 5th Avenue south of Legion Road, on the right when traveling south.
31 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Steamboats on the Choptank River — Connecting Denton to the World
On River Landing Road, 0.4 miles north of New Bridge Road (Maryland Route 328), on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged.
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32 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Sydney Still: "Sydney's Choice"
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
33 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — The County Alms House, then Plaindealing — Stark Realities… Stately Home, c. 1792 - 2017
On South 5th Avenue south of Legion Drive, on the right when traveling south.
34 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — The Denton Arrests — "Arresting … treasonable characters"
On Crouse Park Lane west of Gay Street (Maryland Route 404), on the right when traveling west.
35 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — The Doncaster Dwelling: A Perfect Substitute
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
36 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — The Food Sources of Enslaved Afro-Marylanders
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
37 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — The Martinak Boat — 50th Anniversary
Near Martinak State Park Road, 0.4 miles south of Deep Shore Road, on the left when traveling south.
38 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — RM-1239 — Thomas Carney — CA 1760-1828
On Market Street.
39 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — 34 — Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House — Living Their Beliefs — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Meeting House Road.
40 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — Two Neighbors * Two Governors * Two States — The Citizens of Denton and Caroline County Honor Two Native Sons — Sherman W. Tribbitt, Governor of Delaware, 1973; Harry Roe Hughes, Governor of Maryland, 1979-1987 —
On Franklin Street (Maryland Route 404) at South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on Franklin Street.
41 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — War Along the Chesapeake — A Divided Region
On North 2nd Street just south of Gay Street (Maryland Route 404), on the right when traveling north.
42 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — White Tenant Farmers
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
43 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — 30 — William Still Center — Families Divided & United — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Detour Road.
44 Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — William Still: "Father of the Underground Railroad"
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
45 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — A Paradise For Smugglers — Nanticoke River, 1861-1863
On South Main Street (Maryland Route 308) north of Smith Street, on the right when traveling north.
46 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — Civil War Memorial
Near Bloomingdale Avenue (Maryland Route 315) west of Old Denton Road, on the right when traveling west.
47 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — Exeter / Idlewild Mill
On Denton Road, 0.2 miles north of Laurel Grove Road, on the left when traveling north.
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48 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — Federalsburg Hometown Veterans Memorial
On Rosser Road south of Federalsburg Highway (Maryland Route 313), on the left when traveling south.
49 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — Former Clubhouse at Federal Field — Home of the Federalsburg Athletics — The Eastern Shore League —
On University Avenue North at Greenridge Road, on the right when traveling north on University Avenue North.
50 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — Marshyhope Creek Bridge
On East Central Avenue (Maryland Route 306), on the left when traveling west.
51 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — The Historic Nanticoke Lodge Masonic Temple
On North Main Street (Maryland Route 315) just north of West Central Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
52 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — These Dead Shall Not Have Died in Vain
Near Veterans Drive, on the right when traveling south.
53 Maryland, Caroline County, Federalsburg — Veterans Memorial
Near Bloomingdale Avenue (Route 315) west of Old Denton Road, on the right when traveling west.
54 Maryland, Caroline County, Greensboro — Choptank River Park
On East Sunset Avenue (Maryland Route 314) west of Greensboro Road (Maryland Route 313), on the left when traveling west.
55 Maryland, Caroline County, Greensboro — Goldsborough House
On West Sunset Ave. at Church Street, on the right when traveling west on West Sunset Ave..
56 Maryland, Caroline County, Greensboro — Greensboro
On East Sunset Avenue (Maryland Route 314) at Greensboro Road (Maryland Route 313), on the right when traveling west on East Sunset Avenue.
57 Maryland, Caroline County, Greensboro — 33 — Greensboro — Threatened by Ideas — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
On North Main Street (Route 480) just south of Cedar Lane, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
58 Maryland, Caroline County, Greensboro — Letter to Lincoln — Chaos on the Eastern Shore
On Main Street (Maryland Route 480) at Bernard Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
59 Maryland, Caroline County, Greensboro — Peter Harrington — Revolutionary Officer, founder of Greensboro
On Md 480 Main Street at Cedar Lane, on the right when traveling south on Md 480 Main Street.
60 Maryland, Caroline County, Harmony — “Sailing Away to Freedom” — Gilpin Point — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Holly Park Drive.
61 Maryland, Caroline County, Harmony — William Richardson
On Holly Park Drive.
62 Maryland, Caroline County, Hillsboro — Frederick Douglass — Tales of Horror
On Main Street (Alternate Maryland Route 404) 0.4 miles west of Ridgely Road (Maryland Route 480), on the left when traveling west.
63 Maryland, Caroline County, Hillsboro — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — (St. John’s Parish)
On Church Street at Maple Avenue, on the right on Church Street.
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64 Maryland, Caroline County, Jumptown — 35 — Adkins Arboretum — Slavery's Arboretum — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Eveland Road.
65 Maryland, Caroline County, Marydel — Sapling from 400 Year Old Oak Tree
Near Crown Stone Road (Maryland Route 454) at Fire House Lane.
66 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Charles Dickenson
On Auction Road (Maryland Route 621) at Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east on Auction Road.
67 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Choptank
On Choptank Road at Maryland Ave., on the left when traveling south on Choptank Road.
68 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Colonel William Richardson — Born 1735, died 1825
On Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16) at Wilkins Branch Road, on the left when traveling north on Harmony Road.
69 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Dover Crossing Timeline
On Dover Bridge Road (Maryland Route 331) 0.8 miles west of Carr's Creek Lane, on the right when traveling west.
70 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Escape from Poplar Neck — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
On Water Street.
71 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — 23 — Leverton House — Finding Safe Haven — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Seaman Road.
72 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Linchester — Circa 1681
On Maryland Route 331 at Linchester Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 331.
73 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Linchester Mill
On Linchester Road at Maryland Route 331 on Linchester Road.
74 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — 24 — Linchester Mill — Living Dangerously — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Linchester Road (Route 817) at Main Street (Maryland Route 331), on the left when traveling west on Linchester Road.
75 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Mt. Pleasant Cemetery — Dangerous Rendezvous — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Marsh Creek Road.
76 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church — 1864 - 1962
On Marsh Creek Road.
77 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Preston
On Main Street (Maryland Route 331) at Maple Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
78 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — Site of Frazier’s Chapel — Preston, Maryland, 1785
On Main Street (Maryland Route 331) at Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
79 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — The Dover Bridge
On Dover Bridge Road (Maryland Route 331) 0.8 miles west of Carr's Creek Lane, on the right when traveling west.
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80 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — The Maryland Lot
On Water Street.
81 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — The Underground Railroad — Seed of War
On Linchester Road, 0.1 miles north of Maryland Route 331, on the right when traveling south.
82 Maryland, Caroline County, Preston — 28 — Webb Cabin — Living Free — Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway —
On Grove Road.
83 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Ridgely Memorial Park — Early History — 1919 - 1938 —
On West Belle Street west of Central Avenue (Maryland Route 312), on the right when traveling west.
84 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Ridgely Railroad Station
On West Belle Street at North Maryland Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Belle Street.
85 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Ridgely, MD 1888 - 1917 — A Period of Broad Growth
On West Belle Road at Cow Barn Road, on the left when traveling west on West Belle Road.
86 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Saulsbury House - Fifer Hospital - Ridgely House — 1934 - 1943 — "The only such institution Caroline County has ever possessed" —
On Central Avenue (Maryland Route 312) at East Belle Street, on the right when traveling south on Central Avenue.
87 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — The Drinking Fountain — Erected by the Forget-Me-Not Band of Mercy, 1915
On West Belle Street west of Central Avenue (Maryland Route 312), on the right when traveling west.
88 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Town of Ridgely Flag
On Central Avenue (Maryland Route 312) just south of East Railroad Street, on the left when traveling south.
89 Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Wood Ducks
Near Eveland Road, 0.2 miles north of Sawmill Road, on the right when traveling south.
 
 
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