Chesapeake City

Chesapeake City is a town of 736 people in the of , on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The town has many old homes from the early 19th century that have been converted into bed and breakfasts, restaurants and the local historical museum.
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  • Type: Village with 810 residents
  • Description: town in Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: Bohemia Village”, “Chesapeake”, “Chesapeake City, Maryland”, and “Chesapeake City, MD
  • Postal code: 21915

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Chesapeake City Historic District and Chesapeake City Bridge.

Park
is a national historic district at Chesapeake City, , , . It reflects the town's period of greatest prosperity in the mid 19th century when the adjacent Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was an active commercial artery between major east coast waterways.

Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The carries Maryland Route 213 across the in Chesapeake City, Maryland. There are two undivided traffic lanes and one sidewalk on the east side of the bridge.

School
is a public school operated by Cecil County Public Schools located approximately 1 mile south of the small town of Chesapeake City in , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Augustine.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. Land rights to the area were granted to merchant Augustine Herman by Lord Baltimore prior to 1686 but the Herman family was never able to lay proper claim to the title. is situated 2½ miles south of Chesapeake City.

Chesapeake City

Latitude
39.5271° or 39° 31′ 38″ north
Longitude
-75.8125° or 75° 48′ 45″ west
Population
810
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CC8
Open location code
87F6G5GQ+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1111563643
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4351189
Wiki­data ID
Q729440
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chesapeake City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تشيسابيك سيتي
  • Basque: Chesapeake City
  • Catalan: Chesapeake City
  • Cebuano: Chesapeake City
  • Chechen: Чесапик-Сити (Мэриленд)
  • Chechen: Чесапик-Сити
  • Chinese: Chesapeake City
  • Chinese: 切萨皮克城
  • Czech: Chesapeake City
  • Dutch: Chesapeake City
  • Egyptian Arabic: تشيسابيك سيتى
  • French: Chesapeake City
  • German: Chesapeake City
  • Gilaki: چساپیک سيتي (مريلند)
  • Gilaki: چساپیک سيتي
  • Hungarian: Chesapeake City
  • Italian: Chesapeake City
  • Kazakh: Чесапик Сити
  • Korean: 체서피크 시티
  • Korean: 체서피크시티
  • Ladin: Chesapeake City
  • Latin: Urbs Chesapeaca
  • Mazanderani: چسپیک سیتی (مریلند)
  • Mazanderani: چسپیک سیتی
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chesapeake City
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chesapeake City
  • Norwegian: Chesapeake City
  • Persian: چسپیک سیتی، مریلند
  • Persian: چسپیک سیتی
  • Polish: Chesapeake City
  • Portuguese: Chesapeake City
  • Russian: Чесапик-Сити (Мэриленд)
  • Russian: Чесапик-Сити
  • Serbian: Чесапик Сити (Мериленд)
  • Serbian: Чесапик Сити
  • Serbo-Croatian: Chesapeake City, Maryland
  • Serbo-Croatian: Chesapeake City
  • Silesian: Chesapeake City
  • Slovak: Chesapeake City
  • Spanish: Chesapeake City
  • Swedish: Chesapeake City
  • Tatar: Чесапик-Сити (Мэриленд)
  • Tatar: Чесапик-Сити
  • Ukrainian: Чесапік-Сіті
  • Uzbek: Chesapeake City
  • Volapük: Chesapeake City
  • Welsh: Chesapeake City, Maryland
  • Welsh: Chesapeake City

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