Bloodsworth Island
Bloodsworth Island is an island in the Chesapeake Bay. It lies in southern Dorchester County, Maryland. Historic research suggests that sites discovered in an archaeological investigation of the northern third of the island were associated with families who worked in the nineteenth-century Chesapeake Bay oystering industry, with settlements dating as far back as 1672.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Bloodsworth’s Island”, “Bloodsworths Island”, “Goldsboroughs Island”, and “Thompsons Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crocheron and Chance.
Crocheron
Hamlet
Crocheron is a remote unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, south of Bishops Head. Crocheron is situated 4½ miles north of Bloodsworth Island.
Chance
Hamlet
Chance is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Chance is situated 6 miles east of Bloodsworth Island.
Bishops Head
Hamlet
Bishops Head is an unincorporated community in southern Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Bishops Head is situated 6 miles north of Bloodsworth Island.
Bloodsworth Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Dorchester County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Bloodsworth Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bloodsworth Island”
- Chinese: “布拉德沃斯島”
- Dutch: “Bloodsworth Island”
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