Bivalve is an
unincorporated community and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
along the eastern shore of the lower
Nanticoke River
The Nanticoke River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between ...
, near its mouth on the
Chesapeake Bay, in
Wicomico County,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
, United States. Its population was 201 as of the
2010 census.
Bivalve takes its name from the
oyster, upon which the town's economy once depended. It is part of the
Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The
Yellow Brick House was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Demographics
References
External links
History of Bivalve
Fishing communities in Maryland
Census-designated places in Wicomico County, Maryland
Census-designated places in Maryland
Salisbury metropolitan area
Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay
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