Barren Island
Barren Island is small, uninhabited landmass in the Chesapeake Bay, just off the coast of Dorchester County, Maryland. It is located at. It is known to be a mute swan nesting ground.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fishing Creek and Hooper’s Island.
Fishing Creek
Village
Fishing Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, on Upper Hoopers Island. As of the 2010 census, the population of Fishing Creek was 163. It is in area code 410 and ZIP code 21634. Fishing Creek is situated 1½ miles east of Barren Island.
Hooper’s Island
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Hoopers Island is a chain of three small populated islands in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. The principal community, of about 400 people, is known as Fishing Creek.
Hoopersville
Village
Hoopersville is an unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The Hooper Island Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Hoopersville is situated 6 miles southeast of Barren Island.
Barren Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Dorchester County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Barren Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barren Island”
- Italian: “Barren”
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