Chestertown (Md.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
צ'סטרטאון (מרילנד)
Name (Latin)
Chestertown (Md.)
Other forms of name
Town of Chestertown (Md.)
nnaa Chestertown, Md
Chester Town (Md.)
Coordinates
-76.06833333 -76.06833333 39.21944444 39.21944444 (gooearth )
W0760400 W0760400 N0391232 N0391232 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
Associated Language
eng
See Also From tracing place name
Chester (Kent County, Md.)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 125490335
Wikidata: Q755851
Library of congress: n 80107551
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 39°12ʹ32ʺN 076°04ʹ00ʺW)
  • home page (Chestertown; HTML header: Town of Chestertown; 118 N Cross Street, Chestertown, Maryland 21620; [email protected] ( (Historic Chestertown website, August 31, 2019:) )
  • Wikipedia, August 31, 2019(Chestertown, Maryland; town in Kent County, Maryland; county seat of Kent County; founded in 1706; 39°13ʹ10ʺN 76°4ʹ6ʺW (39.219328, -76.068424))
  • NUCMC data from Lib. of Cong., Ms. Div. for Washington College (Chestertown, Md.). Collection of papers, 1782(Chester; later Chestertown)
  • Clark, C.B. The Eastern shore ... 1950:p. 331 (Chester; early name for Chestertown; estab. 1706; Md. port town; Kent County)
  • Rand McNally comm'l atlas, 1979(Chestertown; Kent County)
  • Usilton, F.G. Hist. of Kent County, Md., 1917(Chester fd. 1706; also known as New Town; charter rev. 1780 and renamed Chestertown; Chester Town)

Wikipedia description:

Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The population was 5,532 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Kent County, the oldest county in Maryland.

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