Linchester
Linchester is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The community's name is a portmanteau of Caroline County and that of neighboring Dorchester County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Hunting Creek”, “Linchester, Maryland”, “Linchester, MD”, and “Murrays Mill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Linchester Mill.
Linchester Mill
Watermill
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Linchester Mill is a historic grist mill located at Preston in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The original mill was built at the site in about 1682; the current structure was erected in approximately 1840 and is a 2+1⁄2-story frame building sided in red-painted weatherboard and roofed with raised-seam metal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Beulah.
Preston
Village
Preston is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The population was 719 at the 2010 census.
Beulah
Hamlet
Beulah is an unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Beulah is located on Maryland Route 16, 7 miles west of Federalsburg. Beulah is situated 1½ miles south of Linchester.
Choptank
Hamlet
Choptank is an unincorporated town and census-designated place on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 129. Choptank is situated 3 miles southwest of Linchester.
Linchester
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Caroline, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.70297° or 38° 42′ 11″ northLongitude
-75.89888° or 75° 53′ 56″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87C6P432+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 158375572OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Linchester” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “林徹斯特 (馬里蘭州)”
- Chinese: “林徹斯特”
- Estonian: “Linchester”
- French: “Linchester”
- Irish: “Linchester”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wrights Wharf and Ellwood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fairmount Cemetery and Linchester Mill Pond.
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