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Cecilton is a town in
Cecil County Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland at the northeastern corner of the state, bordering both Pennsylvania and Delaware. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 103,725. The county seat is Elkton. The ...
,
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. The population was 663 at the 2010 census.


Geography

Cecilton is located at (39.402919, -75.869430). According to the
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, the town has a total area of , all land.


History

The Maryland Legislature incorporated the town in 1864. That May the first officials, Dr. Samuel V. Mace, Wm. T. Weldon, John Morris., Wm. H. Pearce and Edward Seamans, were elected for a one year term. It is the location of Greenfields, listed on the
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in 1972.


Transportation

The primary method of transportation to and from Cecilton is by road.
Maryland Route 213 Maryland Route 213 (MD 213) is a state highway located on the Maryland Eastern Shore, Eastern Shore of Maryland in the United States. The route runs from Maryland Route 662, MD 662 in Wye Mills, Maryland, Wye Mills, Queen Anne's ...
is the main north-south highway serving the town, following Bohemia Avenue through the center of the community. To the north, MD 213 connects Cecilton to
Chesapeake City Chesapeake City is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 736 at the 2020 census. The town was originally named by Bohemian colonist Augustine Herman the Village of Bohemia — or Bohemia Manor — but the name wa ...
and Elkton, while heading south, it passes though
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and Chestertown, among other communities. The other state highway serving Cecilton is Maryland Route 282, which follows Main Street on an east-west path through town. MD 282 heads west to Crystal Beach, while to the east, it passes through
Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...
before crossing into
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and becoming
Delaware Route 299 Delaware Route 299 (DE 299) is a State highway (US), state highway in New Castle County, Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 282 (MD 282) at the Maryland state line east of Warwick, Maryland to ...
. Cecil Transit operates a Demand Response route twice a month between Cecilton and
Middletown, Delaware Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2021 Census, the population of the town is 24,164. Geography and climate Middletown is located at (39.4495560, –75.7163207) with an elevation of . According ...
, providing residents of southern Cecil County access to shopping and healthcare in Middletown.


Demographics


2010 census

At the 2010
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, there were 663 people, 237 households and 173 families living in the town. The
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was . There were 264 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the town was 80.5%
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, 11.8%
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, 0.5% Asian, 0.3%
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, 4.8% from other races and 2.1% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 7.1% of the population. There were 237 households, of which 43.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were
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living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.9% had a male householder with no wife present and 27.0% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.19. The median age was 35.4 years. 27.1% of residents were under the age of 18, 9.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24, 28.2% were from 25 to 44, 22.2% were from 45 to 64 and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The sex make-up of the town was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.


2000 census

At the 2000 census there were 474 people, 198 households and 129 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 212 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the town was 74.47%
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, 23.21%
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, 1.05% from other races and 1.27% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 4.43% of the population. There were 198 households, of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were
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living together, 19.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 34.8% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.95. 26.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64 and 17.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.2 males. The
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was $38,971 and the median family income was $41,563. Males had a median income of $36,071 and females $23,068 . The
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was $21,719. About 8.4% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the
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, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. The Cecilton area has a small
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community that was founded in 1999. Amish families moved to the area from
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, because of increasing costs and the declining amount of farmland there.


Notable person

David Davis, a close adviser to President
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, was born a few miles outside Cecilton, on March 9, 1815. He was appointed to the
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in 1862 and served until 1877, when he resigned to become the
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from
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.Encyclopedia Britannica, United States Jurist and Politician
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References


External links

* Mary Haggerty (1991),
Chronicles of a Small Town in Rural America
', a collection of recollections by people who lived in Cecilton during the 20th-century. {{authority control Amish in Maryland Pennsylvania Dutch culture in Maryland Towns in Maryland Towns in Cecil County, Maryland