Georgetown is an
unincorporated community
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in northeastern
Kent County,
Maryland
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, United States. The community was laid out in 1736. Georgetown was named for
Prince George who later became King of the United Kingdom.
[ Georgetown is located on the south side of the ]Sassafras River
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at the Maryland Route 213
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bridge, north of Galena
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and south of Cecilton. Directly to the north across the river is the unincorporated community of Fredericktown in Cecil County
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.
The '' Nellie Crockett'' and Valley Cottage
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are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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.
Education
It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and Kent County High School is in an unincorporated area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
, in the Butlertown CDP with a Worton postal address.
The community was formerly assigned to Millington Elementary School.
References
Unincorporated communities in Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Kent County, Maryland
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