CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND
![[County Seal, Caroline County, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/caro/images/1198-1-886b.gif)
Origin: Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne's counties (Chapter 10, Acts of 1773). Lady Caroline Eden gave her name to the county. She was the wife of Maryland's last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741-1784); the daughter of Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore; and the sister of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore.
County Code
County Seal
County Seat: Denton, MD 21629
Form of Government: Code Home Rule
![[photo, Caroline County Courthouse, 109 Market St., Denton, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/caro/images/1198-1-918b.jpg)
Population
- 1990 census: 27,035
- 2000 census: 29,772
- Creeks
- Lakes
Caroline County Courthouse, 109 Market St., Denton, Maryland, October 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
websites:
Career Center: www.dllr.state.md.us/county/caro/
Chesapeake College: www.chesapeake.edu
Circuit Court: www.courts.state.md.us/caroline.html
Corrections Dept.: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/doc/corrections.html
County Government: www.carolinemd.org/governmt
Economic Development Corp: www.carolinemd.org/business/carolineEconomicDevelopment.html
Elections Board: www.carolinecounty.org/governmt/elections/index.html
Emergency Management Dept.: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/emgt/emgttop.html
Health Dept.: www.carolinehd.org
Library: www.caro.lib.md.us/library/
Planning & Codes Administration Dept.: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/planning/plantop.html
Public Defender: www.opd.state.md.us/locations/caroline.htm
Public Schools: http://cl.k12.md.us
Public Works Dept.: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/pubworks/workstop.html
Recreation & Parks Dept.: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/recparks/recpktop.html
Register of Wills: www.registers.state.md.us/county/ca/html/caroline.html
Sheriff: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/sheriff/shftop.html
Social Services Dept.: www.dhr.state.md.us/caroline.htm
State's Attorney: www.mdsaa.org/CarolineCo.htm
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