Church Creek, Maryland Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools

Located five miles southwest of Cambridge in Dorchester County, Church Creek is bordered to the west by a creek that bears the same name and to the south by the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Its 1990 population was 115, down from 187 in 1950. Many of the residents commute to work in Cambridge, although Maryland Wire Belts, Inc., is a major industrial activity in the immediate vicinity. There are also several “in-home” businesses.

Church Creek was one of the first five towns to be established in Dorchester County by act of the Maryland Assembly. It was first named Dorchester Town in unfulfilled anticipation of its becoming the county seat. Then it was called White Haven for a time before gaining its present name. During the 18th century, the town was the county’s center of shipbuilding until the adjacent oak and pine forests became depleted.

The first church in Dorchester County, Old Trinity Church, was established just west of the town about 1675. Within the town, on the grounds of the White Haven Methodist Church, is Dorchester County’s bicentennial tree, believed to be over 300 years old.