![[photo, City Hall, 307 Gay St., Cambridge, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/cambridge/images/1198-1-1701.jpg)
Dorchester County has nine municipalities:
Brookview,
Cambridge,
Church Creek,
East New Market,
Eldorado,
Galestown,
Hurlock,
Secretary, and
Vienna. The oldest of
these is Cambridge, the county seat, formed in 1793. Thereafter, East New
Market incorporated in 1832, followed by Vienna in 1833, Church Creek in
1867, Hurlock in 1892, Secretary in 1900, Eldorado in 1947, Galestown in
1951, and Brookview in 1953.
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