Chesapeake City is a town in
Cecil CountyCecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...
,
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,
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. The population was 787 at the 2000 census.
The town was originally named by Czech colonist
Augustine HermanAugustine Herman, First Lord of Bohemia Manor was a Czech explorer, merchant, and cartographer who lived in New Amsterdam and Cecil County, Maryland...
the
Village of Bohemia (or
Bohemia Manor), but the name was changed in 1839 when the
Chesapeake and Delaware CanalThe Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is a 14-mile long, 450-foot wide and 40-foot deep ship canal that cuts across the states of Maryland and Delaware, in the United States. It connects the waters of the Delaware River with those of the Chesapeake Bay and the Port of Baltimore...
was built. Today, the town contains numerous old homes from that era that have been converted in to bed and breakfasts, restaurants, and the local historical museum.
The town was separated into north and south sections when the
Chesapeake and Delaware CanalThe Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is a 14-mile long, 450-foot wide and 40-foot deep ship canal that cuts across the states of Maryland and Delaware, in the United States. It connects the waters of the Delaware River with those of the Chesapeake Bay and the Port of Baltimore...
was built through the middle of the town.
Chesapeake City is a town in
Cecil CountyCecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...
,
MarylandMaryland is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. It is comparable in size to the European country of Belgium. According to the U.S...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 787 at the 2000 census.
The town was originally named by Czech colonist
Augustine HermanAugustine Herman, First Lord of Bohemia Manor was a Czech explorer, merchant, and cartographer who lived in New Amsterdam and Cecil County, Maryland...
the
Village of Bohemia (or
Bohemia Manor), but the name was changed in 1839 when the
Chesapeake and Delaware CanalThe Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is a 14-mile long, 450-foot wide and 40-foot deep ship canal that cuts across the states of Maryland and Delaware, in the United States. It connects the waters of the Delaware River with those of the Chesapeake Bay and the Port of Baltimore...
was built. Today, the town contains numerous old homes from that era that have been converted in to bed and breakfasts, restaurants, and the local historical museum.
History
The town was separated into north and south sections when the
Chesapeake and Delaware CanalThe Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is a 14-mile long, 450-foot wide and 40-foot deep ship canal that cuts across the states of Maryland and Delaware, in the United States. It connects the waters of the Delaware River with those of the Chesapeake Bay and the Port of Baltimore...
was built through the middle of the town. The two were connected by a drawbridge until 1942, when that was destroyed by a freighter that struck it. The current bridge opened in 1949. On Thursday, October 8, 2009, a bus heading from both
Bohemia Manor Middle SchoolBohemia Manor Middle School is located in the historic town of Chesapeake City in Cecil County, Maryland. This school is operated by Cecil County Public Schools and shares its campus with Bohemia Manor High School. It houses grades 6 through 8 and has a student population of 541.- History :Bohemia...
and
Bohemia Manor High SchoolBohemia Manor High School is located in the small town of Chesapeake City in Cecil County, Maryland. This is a public school operated by Cecil County Public Schools. This is a small school of 767 students which shares its campus with Bohemia Manor Middle School. This school serves the Maryland...
crashed head on into a Mini Cooper on the bridge. 4 students on the bus were injured and 2 were tajken to Christiana Hospital in Stanton, Delaware, and the other two went to Union Hospital in Elkton. The person in the car was uninjured.
The new bridge had to be tall enough to allow supertankers to pass beneath it, resulting in a structure so high and long that cars no longer went into the city to cross the canal. Business declined for decades thereafter.
Geography
Chesapeake City is located at (39.527826, -75.812270).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), of which, 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (19.72%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 787 people, 330 households, and 228 families residing in the town. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 1,393.1 people per square mile (542.6/km²). There were 371 housing units at an average density of 656.7/sq mi (255.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.92% White, 3.56% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.51% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.76% of the population.
There were 330 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.8% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.79.
In the town the population was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $46,917, and the median income for a family was $52,813. Males had a median income of $35,250 versus $26,471 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the town was $21,621. About 5.2% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.
Government services
Chesapeake City is apart of the
Cecil County Public SchoolsCecil County Public Schools is a public school system serving the residents of Cecil County, Maryland.-High schools:*Bohemia Manor High School, Chesapeake City, MD*Elkton High School, Elkton, MD*North East High School, North East, MD...
System. There are three schools in the town:
- Chesapeake City Elementary School
- Bohemia Manor Middle School
Bohemia Manor Middle School is located in the historic town of Chesapeake City in Cecil County, Maryland. This school is operated by Cecil County Public Schools and shares its campus with Bohemia Manor High School. It houses grades 6 through 8 and has a student population of 541.- History :Bohemia...
- Bohemia Manor High School
Bohemia Manor High School is located in the small town of Chesapeake City in Cecil County, Maryland. This is a public school operated by Cecil County Public Schools. This is a small school of 767 students which shares its campus with Bohemia Manor Middle School. This school serves the Maryland...
Chesapeake City is served by the Chesapeake City Branch of the
Cecil County Public LibraryThe Cecil County Public Library is a public library system in Cecil County, Maryland. Cecil County, located in the northeastern tip of Maryland, is one of the fastest growing counties in Maryland
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located on route 213. The library offers books, music, movies, computers with Internet access, free wifi, and programs for adults, teens, and children.
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