Worton, Maryland

Census-designated place in Maryland, United States

39°16′28″N 76°05′32″W / 39.27444°N 76.09222°W / 39.27444; -76.09222Country

United StatesState

MarylandCounty

KentArea

^[1]

• Total0.95 sq mi (2.45 km²) • Land0.92 sq mi (2.39 km²) • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km²)Elevation

72 ft (22 m)Population

(2020)

• Total214 • Density231.85/sq mi (89.55/km²)Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)ZIP code

21678

Area code(s)410, 443, and 667GNIS feature ID591611^[2]FIPS code24-87000

Worton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Maryland, United States.^[2] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 249.^[3]

The Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[4]

Geography

Worton is located along Maryland Route 297 at the crossing of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad, 4 miles (6 km) north of Chestertown, the Kent county seat. It is bordered to the north by Butlertown. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Worton CDP has an area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km²), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km²), or 2.48%, is water.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	214		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[5]

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, in the Butlertown census-designated place with a Worton postal address.

Worton Elementary School was formerly in the Butlertown CDP, with a Worton postal address.^[6]^[7]^[8] In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary School,^[9] with four members favoring and one against.^[10]

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Worton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Worton CDP, Maryland". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Butlertown CDP, MD" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "Home". Kent County High School. Retrieved June 10, 2021. Kent County High School 25301 Lambs Meadow Rd Worton, MD 21678
^ "Home". Worton Elementary School. October 31, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2021. 11085 Worton Road, Worton, MD 21678
^ "Board of Education Action and Written Decision to Close Millington Elementary School and Worton Elementary School" (PDF). Kent County Public Schools. March 22, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ Divilio, Daniel (February 19, 2016). "4-1 vote closes Millington and Worton schools". My Eastern Shore, Maryland. Adams Publishing Group. Retrieved June 10, 2021.