East New Market, Maryland Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools

A 1673 map of the region that is now Dorchester County shows an Indian village and fort near the present site of the town of East New Market. After colonization became established, settlers arrived seeking religious freedom and economic gain. By 1790, the village of New Market appeared on maps; a post office was established in 1803; and the town was renamed East New Market in 1827. (The town first incorporated under the session laws of 1832, and a town commission was instituted, predating by many years the adoption of that form of small-town government by many other jurisdictions.)

In the latter half of the 19th century, a railroad line was built just east of East New Market, increasing the importance of the town as an economic center for the surrounding region.

Religious and educational institutions were well established by the early 19th century. The East New Market Academy was chartered in 1818, and the town maintained its reputation as a center of learning until the middle of the 20th century.

By the 1930s, the town had been over-shadowed by the nearby county seat; commercial growth slowed. Consequently, disruption from over expansion was avoided, and the essence of the 19th century was preserved in fine examples of Colonial and post-Colonial architecture. East New Market is a National Historic District entered in the National Register of Historic Places in October 1975.

East New Market is proud of its past and confident of its future. Today, the town’s historic legacy is being carefully husbanded as a renaissance takes place. A new water and sewer system has been installed, and annexation has expanded the corporate limits. New houses compatible with their historic setting are being constructed.