Dorchester County

Dorchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of . At the 2020 census, the population was 32,531. Its county seat is . The county was formed in 1669 and named for the Earl of Dorset, a family friend of the Calverts.
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  • Type: county of Maryland with 32,600 residents
  • Description: county in Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: Dorcester County”, “Dorchester”, “Dorchester County, Maryland”, “Dorchester County, MD”, “Dorset County”, and “Dorsett County

Dorchester County

Latitude
38.4226° or 38° 25′ 21″ north
Longitude
-76.0833° or 76° 5′ west
Population
32,600
Elevation
-7 feet (-2 metres)
Open location code
87C5CWF8+2M
Geo­Names ID
4353543
Wiki­data ID
Q501263
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Dorchester County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Dorchester County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة دورشيستر
  • Armenian: Դորչեստր շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Dorchester
  • Basque: Dorchester konderria
  • Bavarian: Dorchester County, Maryland
  • Bavarian: Dorchester County
  • Bishnupriya: ডোরচেস্টার কাউন্টি, মেরিল্যান্ড
  • Bishnupriya: ডোরচেস্টার কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Дорсет
  • Catalan: comtat de Dorchester
  • Catalan: Comtat de Dorchester
  • Catalan: Dorchester
  • Cebuano: Dorchester County
  • Chechen: Дорчестер (гуо, Мэриленд)
  • Chechen: Дорчестер
  • Chinese: Dorchester Kūn
  • Chinese: 多切斯特县
  • Chinese: 多徹斯特縣 (馬里蘭州)
  • Chinese: 多徹斯特縣
  • Chinese: 多徹斯特郡
  • Cornish: Konteth Dorchester, Tir Maria
  • Cornish: Konteth Dorchester
  • Czech: Dorchester County
  • Czech: Dorchesterský okres
  • Czech: okres Dorchester
  • Danish: Dorchester County
  • Dutch: Dorchester County
  • Esperanto: Dorchester
  • Esperanto: Kantono Dorchester
  • Estonian: Dorchesteri maakond
  • Finnish: Dorchesterin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Dorchester
  • French: Comté de Dorchester
  • Georgian: დორჩესტერის ოლქი
  • German: Dorchester County
  • Gilaki: دارچستر ٚ شأرستان (مريلند)
  • Gilaki: دارچستر ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: κομητεία Ντόρτσεστερ
  • Greek: Κομητεία Ντόρτσεστερ
  • Hebrew: מחוז דורצ’סטר
  • Hungarian: Dorchester megye
  • Indonesian: County Dorchester, Maryland
  • Indonesian: Dorchester County
  • Irish: Contae Dorchester
  • Italian: contea di Dorchester
  • Italian: Contea di Dorchester
  • Japanese: ドーチェスター郡
  • Korean: 도체스터 군
  • Korean: 도체스터군
  • Low German: Dorchester County
  • Marathi: डोर्चेस्टर काउंटी, मेरीलँड
  • Mazanderani: دارچستر شهرستان (مریلند)
  • Mazanderani: دارچستر شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Dorchester Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dorchester Kūn
  • Northern Frisian: Dorchester County
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dorchester County i Maryland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dorchester County
  • Norwegian: Dorchester County
  • Persian: شهرستان دارچستر، مریلند
  • Persian: شهرستان دارچستر
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Dorchester
  • Portuguese: Condado de Dorchester
  • Romanian: Comitatul Dorchester, Maryland
  • Romanian: Comitatul Dorchester
  • Russian: Дорчестер
  • Sardinian: contea de Dorchester
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dorchester County
  • Serbian: Округ Дорчестер
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dorchester County, Maryland
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dorchester County
  • Slovenian: Dorchester County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Dorchester
  • Spanish: Condado de Dorchester (Maryland)
  • Spanish: Condado de Dorchester
  • Swedish: Dorchester County, Maryland
  • Swedish: Dorchester County
  • Tatar: Дорчестер (округ, Мэриленд)
  • Tatar: Дорчестер
  • Turkish: Dorchester County, Maryland
  • Turkish: Dorchester County, Md.
  • Turkish: Dorchester County, MD
  • Turkish: Dorchester County
  • Turkish: Dorchester ilçesi, Maryland
  • Turkish: Dorchester ilçesi, Md.
  • Turkish: Dorchester ilçesi, MD
  • Turkish: Dorchester ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Дорчестер
  • Urdu: ڈورچیسٹر کاؤنٹی، میری لینڈ
  • Venetian: contea de Dorchester
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Dorchester, Maryland
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Dorchester
  • Welsh: Dorchester County, Maryland
  • Welsh: Dorchester County
  • Western Panjabi: ڈورچسٹر کاؤنٹی
  • Dorchester

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