Dorchester County Commercial Directory
1878 East New Market
“14 miles from Cambridge and is pleasantly situated within one-half mile of the
Dorchester & Delaware RR. The location is in the midst of a rich farming section.
Good water; healthy climate; near to churches and schools. Land is three-fourths
cleared; sells at from $5 to $100 per acre, according to location and improvement.
Yields large crops of wheat, corn, oats, hay, and potatoes. Population 200.
F. Heberton, Postmaster.”
Business Persons:
Clerk: Millers: ENM Farmers:
Merrick, M.W. Fletcher, K.B. Dean, James
Smith, Thomas K. Hicks, Thomas
Constables: Johnson, E.S.
Collins, S.E. Packers: McAllister, James A.
Sherman, B. F. Millard & Co. Webster, John Sr.
Webster, Samuel
General Merchandise: Physicians: Wright, J.H.
Andrew, J.W. Jacobs, J. T. Vickers, W.
Andrew, T. & Son Jones, George P.
Birely, W.H.
Dean & Helsby (note: the town’s first post office was opened on
Fletcher, M.S. 11/18/1803 as “New Market”, with Robert Traverse
Johnson, W. E. as postmaster. By 5/10/1827, the town changed
to East New Market to avoid conflicts with
Justices of the Peace: Western Shore towns of that same earlier title.
Abdell, W. J. The postmaster in 1827 was William Parrott.)
Bramble, J. K.
Mowbray, T. P.