Worcester County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- Named after
- Family of Marquess of Worcester
- Seat
- Snow Hill
- Largest community
- Ocean Pines
- Total
- 695 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Land
- 468 sq mi (1,210 km )
- Water
- 227 sq mi (590 km ) 33%
- Estimate 2025
- 54,459
- Density
- 75/sq mi (29/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .co .worcester .md .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Worcester County /ˈwʊrstər/ is the easternmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,460. Its county seat is Snow Hill. The county is part of the Lower Eastern Shore region of the state.
It is the only county of Maryland that borders the Atlantic Ocean, and the only county bordering both Delaware and Virginia. The county was named for Mary Arundell, the wife of Sir John Somerset, a son of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester. She was sister to Anne Arundell (Anne Arundel County), wife of Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (Cecil County), the first Proprietor and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland.