Tolchester Beach, Maryland

Tolchester Beach, Maryland
Unincorporated community
Tolchester Beach
Coordinates: 39°12′51″N 76°14′41″W / 39.21417°N 76.24472°W / 39.21417; -76.24472Coordinates: 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 ft (0 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 21620
Area code(s) 410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID 595098[1]

Tolchester Beach was a popular resort established in 1877, located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Kent County, Maryland.[2][3][4] It was located just north of Rock Hall, Maryland, and 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, and 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]

References

  1. "Tolchester Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  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.
  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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