Cecil County has eight incorporated towns:
Cecilton,
Charlestown,
Chesapeake City,
Elkton,
North East,
Perryville,
Port Deposit, and
Rising Sun.
Map of Urban Areas in Cecil County, 2000
Town Hall, 241 Market St., Charlestown, Maryland, November 2002. Photo by
Diane F. Evartt.
In Cecil County, Charlestown was the first to incorporate in 1742, followed
by Elkton (1787), Port Deposit (1824), Chesapeake City (1849), North East
(1849), Rising Sun (1860), Cecilton (1864), and Perryville (1882).
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