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.[3]
Fishing Creek, Maryland | |
|---|---|
  Fishing Creek Location within the State of Maryland | |
| Coordinates: 38°19′20″N 76°13′28″W / 38.32222°N 76.22444°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Dorchester |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.38 sq mi (3.56 km2) |
| • Land | 1.06 sq mi (2.73 km2) |
| • Water | 0.32 sq mi (0.83 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 173 |
| • Density | 163.83/sq mi (63.26/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 21634 |
| Area code(s) | 410, 443, and 667 |
| GNIS feature ID | 596534[2] |
It is in area code 410, and ZIP code 21634.
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 173 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
Description
editLocated 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.[5] 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 15 miles (24 km) south of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and 24 miles (39 km) south of Cambridge. Hoopersville, on Middle Hooper Island, is 6 miles (10 km) to the south.
In the media
editFishing Creek resident Louie "Rufus" Frase, 43 at the time, was a contestant on the summer 2007 CBS reality television series Pirate Master.
References
edit- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Fishing Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fishing Creek CDP, Maryland". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 29, 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Armus, Teo (August 17, 2018). "These Maryland businesses rely on Mexican workers. Without visas this year, they say they are suffering". Washington Post. Retrieved August 18, 2018.