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.carolinebusiness.com/
Elections Board: www.carolinecounty.org/governmt/elections/index.html
Emergency Services Dept.: www.carolinedes.org/
Health Dept.: www.carolinehd.org
Library: www.caro.lib.md.us/library/
Planning, Codes, & Engineering Dept.: www.carolineplancode.org/
Public Schools: http://cl.k12.md.us
Public Works Dept.: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/pubworks/
Recreation & Parks Dept.: www.carolinerecreation.org/
Register of Wills: www.registers.state.md.us/county/ca/html/caroline.html
Sheriff: www.carolinesheriff.net/
Social Services Dept.: www.dhr.state.md.us/caroline.htm
State's Attorney: www.carolinemd.org/governmt/sao
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