Worton, Maryland
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
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Worton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Maryland, United States.[2] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 249.[3]
Worton, Maryland | |
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  Worton Location within Maryland  Worton Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°16′28″N 76°05′32″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Kent |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.95 sq mi (2.45 km2) |
| • Land | 0.92 sq mi (2.39 km2) |
| • Water | 0.023 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 214 |
| • Density | 231.9/sq mi (89.55/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 21678 |
| Area codes | 410, 443, and 667 |
| GNIS feature ID | 591611[2] |
| FIPS code | 24-87000 |
The Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[4]
Geography
Worton is located along Maryland Route 297 at the crossing of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad, 4 miles (6 km) north of Chestertown, the Kent county seat. It is bordered to the north by Butlertown. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Worton CDP has an area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2), or 2.48%, is water.[3]
Demographics
Education
It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and Kent County High School is in an unincorporated area, in the Butlertown census-designated place with a Worton postal address.
Worton Elementary School was formerly in the Butlertown CDP, with a Worton postal address.[6][7][8] In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary School,[9] with four members favoring and one against.[10]