词条 | Fishing Creek, Maryland |
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|official_name = Fishing Creek, Maryland |settlement_type = Census-designated place |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = ||pushpin_map = Maryland |pushpin_label = Fishing Creek |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the State of Maryland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States|size=23px}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Maryland|size=23px}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Dochester County, Maryland.png|size=23px}} Dorchester |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_title2 = |established_date = |established_date2 = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 3.5 |area_land_km2 = 2.7 |area_water_km2 = 0.8 |area_urban = |area_metro = |population_as_of = 2010 |population_note = |population_total = 163 |population_metro = |population_urban = |population_density_km2 = 59.9 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 0 |coordinates = {{coord|38|19|20|N|76|13|28|W|region:US-MD|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 21634 |area_code = 410, 443, and 667 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 596534[1] |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}Fishing Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, on Upper Hoopers Island. As of the 2010 census, the population of Fishing Creek was 163.[2] It is in area code 410, and ZIP code 21634. DescriptionLocated on a narrow island served primarily by Hoopers Island Road, Fishing Creek has a restaurant (Old Salty's), a post office, and a general store (Hoopers Island General Store), as well as crabbing businesses which rely on seasonal workers.[3] Local legend posits a number of ghosts in the Fishing Creek area. The village is on the upper island of the three-island chain known as Hoopers Island, about {{convert|15|mi}} south of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and {{convert|24|mi}} south of Cambridge. Hoopersville, on Middle Hooper Island, is {{convert|6|mi|0}} to the south. In the mediaFishing Creek resident Louie "Rufus" Frase, 43 at the time, was a contestant on the summer 2007 CBS reality television series Pirate Master. References1. ^{{cite gnis|596534|Fishing Creek}} 2. ^{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2428300| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fishing Creek CDP, Maryland| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 29, 2015}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/08/17/feature/trump-changed-a-seasonal-worker-program-now-marylands-crab-houses-are-losing-business/|title=These Maryland businesses rely on Mexican workers. Without visas this year, they say they are suffering.|last=Armus|first=Teo|date=August 17, 2018|website=Washington Post|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-08-18}} External links
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