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Betterton is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The population was 345 at the 2010 census.

Still Pond is a census-designated place in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Still Pond is located at the intersection of Maryland routes 292 and 566 on Still Pond Neck, south-southeast of Betterton and north of Chestertown. Much of the community is included in the Still Pond Historic District and it is notable as the first place in Maryland in which women gained the right to vote.In addition to the Still Pond Historic District, the George Harper Store, Hebron, and Shepherd's Delight are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Still Pond, formerly an unincorporated community without a census-designated place, received one for the 2020 Census listing a population of 131.Description: Still Pond Historic District is a rural crossroad community of approximately 75 buildings dating from the early 19th century through the 1930s, located in north-central Kent County at the intersection of Still Pond Road (MD 292) and Old Still Pond Road (MD 566). The five-point intersection of Still Pond Road, Main Street, Medders Road, and Old Still Pond Road forms the core of the small town, with the residential streets of Maple Avenue and Trustee Street located north and east of the town’s center. The district is surrounded by agricultural fields, with minimal modern development. The majority of the resources within the district are free-standing, single-family dwellings. The district also includes several historic commercial properties, including several stores, a warehouse, and a former post office building. Community resources include two churches with associated cemeteries, a stand-alone cemetery, a former Odd Fellows Hall, and a former schoolhouse. Most principal facades face the roadways. Older properties in the center of town are located close to the road, while large houses further outside town are set back on their lots. Concrete sidewalks have been installed along portions of Still Pond Road and Old Still Pond Road. A few properties are fronted by fencing or hedges, and most residential yards contain ornamental landscaping and mature vegetation. Most dwellings within the district are rural examples of late-19th-century and early-20th-century architecture. There are several houses built in Victorian, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman styles, however the majority of houses are vernacular building forms with decorative elements of these popular national styles. The district displays the variation of features that occur within styles and also shows the transitions between styles. Several properties contain historic outbuildings, sheds, or garages. Significance: The Still Pond Historic District is historically significant, as a town reflective of the historical development of rural communities on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore. Located at a crossroads surrounded by family farms, the town served as a commercial hub and center of community life. The district derives additional historical significance as the first place in Maryland that women gained the right to vote. In addition, Still Pond Historic District has architectural significance, embodying distinctive characteristics of types, periods, and methods of construction of architecture, as it contains numerous examples of Victorian, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman styles, as well as vernacular building forms. The district displays the variation of features that occur within styles and also shows the transitions between styles. The district possesses a significant concentration of buildings that are united historically and aesthetically by physical development. The interrelationship of the district’s resources conveys a visual sense of the overall historic environment. Within the district, a number of individually distinctive resources, such as the Still Pond Methodist Church (K-434), the George Harper Store (K-432), and the Medders-Krebs House (K-437), serve as focal points for the district. The oldest buildings in the district were constructed in the early 19th century. The majority of the town’s structures were in place by the end of the 1930s, and the district had substantially achieved its historic character and appearance. source: https://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=1566#:~:text=Description%3A%20Still%20Pond%20Historic%20District,Pond%20Road%20(MD%20566). credits: mht.maryland.gov

Still Pond Historic District is a national historic district located at Still Pond in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The district contains approximately 75 buildings dating from the early 19th century through the 1930s. Notable structures include the Still Pond Methodist Church, the George Harper Store, the Medders-Krebs House, a former Odd Fellows Hall, and a former schoolhouse.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

The George Harper Store is a historic crossroads general store located in Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, united States. It is a late 19th-century five-bay frame commercial structure, two stories high with a central entrance and gable roof. Attached to it is a series of later additions, believed to date from about the turn of the 20th century. It operated as a store from 1894 to 1959.The George Harper Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Hebron is a historic home located near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland. It is a two-story brick farmhouse probably constructed in the mid to late 18th century by members of a prominent Kent County Quaker family.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The Echo Hill Outdoor School was founded in 1972 by Peter P. Rice Jr. and is located near Betterton in Kent County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The School provides 1 to 5 day programs for children and adults from public and private schools throughout the Mid-Atlantic in experiential education and the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding ecosystems. The school owns the Chesapeake Bay skipjack Elsworth, the oyster buyboat Annie D. and two work boats, the Spirit and Twilight for use in marine education programs.Registered in Maryland as Echo Hill Outdoor School, Inc. since October 18, 1972, the school is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It operates on a 70-acre campus of open fields and forest, at the edge of a 172-acre freshwater marsh, which the school also owns. The school's teachers use the surrounding outdoor environment as a classroom and laboratory for educational programs emphasizing environmental studies.

Spesutie Island is a 1,500-acre (610 ha) island located in the Chesapeake Bay in Harford County, Maryland, United States. It lies 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Aberdeen, Maryland. Spesutie Narrows bounds the island on the west and the bay bounds it on the north, east, and south. The island is part of Aberdeen Proving Ground.

The Elk River is a tidal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and on the northern edge of the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about 15 miles (24 km) long. As the most northeastern extension of the Chesapeake Bay estuary, it has served as one entrance to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal since the 19th century. The canal and river now serve as one boundary of the Elk Neck Peninsula. The river flows through Cecil County, Maryland, with its watershed extending into New Castle County, Delaware and Chester County, Pennsylvania. Elkton, the county seat of Cecil County, is located at its head. Its total watershed area is 143 square miles (370 km2) (including the Bohemia River), with 21 square miles (54 km2) of open water, so its watershed is 15% open water. It is south and east of the North East River, and north of the Sassafras River.

The Turkey Point Light is a historic lighthouse at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. Although only a 35-foot (11 m) tower, the 100-foot (30 m) height of the bluffs on which it stands makes it the third highest light off the water in the bay. It is also known for the large number of women who served as lightkeeper.

Knocks Folly, also known as Janvier House and Barroll House, is a historic home located at Kennedyville, Kent County, Maryland, United States. It is an unusual combination of a small, 1+1⁄2-story, mid-18th-century log home with a three-story, Federal brick wing.Knocks Folly was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Shepherd's Delight, also known as the House on Part of Camelsworthmore, is a historic home located near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland. It has a four-bay-long, 1+1⁄2-story main section with porches both front and back, and a four-bay-long, 2+1⁄2-story kitchen wing. It was built between 1767 and 1783, and added to again about 1810. Also on the property are two barns and a brick stable with modern sheds attached.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Lynch is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Lynch is located along Maryland Route 561 at the crossing of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad, north of Chestertown.