Tolchester Beach, Maryland
Unincorporated community
Tolchester Beach is located in Maryland
Tolchester Beach
Tolchester Beach
Tolchester Beach is located in the United States
Tolchester Beach
Tolchester Beach
Coordinates: 39°12′51″N 76°14′41″W / 39.21417°N 76.24472°W / 39.21417; -76.24472
Country United States
State Maryland
County Kent
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21620
Area code(s)410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID595098[1]

Tolchester Beach is an unincorporated community located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Established in 1877, it was formerly a popular resort.[2][3][4] Tolchester Beach is located just north of Rock Hall. The resort was closed in 1962.[5]

In the late 1800s, Tolchester Beach was a popular tourist destination for residents of Baltimore and other areas served by the Chesapeake Bay steamships.[3] The beach had hotels, restaurants, games, picnics, horse-racing, and an amusement park with a merry-go-round and a roller coaster.[3]

Some of the steamships that served Tolchester Beach were the Emma Giles[6] and Louise.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tolchester Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Tolchester Beach". Maryland Online Encyclopedia. 2005. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Cowan, Katherine (November 1999). "Tolchester Photograph Collection, ca. 1883-1925". Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library.
  4. ↑ Milt Diggins. "Cecil County, The Tolchester Beach Improvement Company, and the end of the Steamboat Era". Archived from the original on April 14, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Tolchester Beach Revisited Museum". The Mainstay. 2007. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
  6. ↑ Keith, Robert C. (2005). Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0801879807.
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