Edge Creek is a bay in

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, in the

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. It is small tributary on the eastern edge of Broad Creek that flows from the north, dividing it from Leadenham Creek. The bay is surrounded by the peninsula of

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on three sides. The water from Edge Creek flows into the

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basin, continuing to the

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Namesake

Edge Creek was named for James Edge (ca. 1710–1757, an 18th-century assessor. Edge immigrated to Maryland from England. On arrival in the county, he was a merchant, agent and factor for Richard Gildart, Esq., of

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. He lived on the banks of the creek and owned property around which Edge Creek would be named. He did not have any natural born children. Upon his death, his nieces by marriage, Anne and Elizabeth Oldham inherited his property.

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Bodies of water of Talbot County, Maryland Bays of Maryland {{TalbotCountyMD-geo-stub Chesapeake Bay watershed

Namesake

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