Smith Island
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census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Somerset
- Total
- 9.18 sq mi (23.77 km )
- Land
- 4.35 sq mi (11.27 km )
- Water
- 4.83 sq mi (12.50 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 46.4/sq mi (17.93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 24-72887
- Website
- www .visitsmithisland .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Smith Island is a collection of three distinct island communities – Tylerton, Rhodes Point, and Ewell, Maryland – on the Chesapeake Bay, on the border of Maryland and Virginia territorial waters in the United States. The island is the last inhabited island in Maryland that is not accessible by car (the Virginia portion of the island is not currently inhabited). Most of the islands are eroding due to tidal currents and sea level rise; a study conducted in 2008 by the DNR reported that Smith Island is expected to completely erode by 2100 if no action is taken.
The island's population is approximately 220, down from a peak of about 800. On its Maryland side, Smith Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Somerset County. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Smith Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.