COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Circuit Court.
HON. ALBERT CONSTABLE, Chief Judge.
HON. W. H. ADKINS, Associate Judge.
HON. P. B. HOPPER, Associate Judge.
A. PARKS RASIN, Clerk.J. THOMAS HADDAWAY, Sheriff; MARK PERKINS, deputy.
Terms of Court: Third Monday in April and third Monday in October for Jury terms.
Orphans' Court.
JOHN H. SIMPERS, Chief Judge.
EDWARD A. SCOTT, Associate Judge.
J. HENRY THOMPSON, Associate Judge.OTHER OFFICIALS.
Police Justices.
R. HYNSON ROGERS, Chestertown.
W. H. SCHWATKA, Rock Hall.Notaries Public.
COLIN F. DUYEB, Chestertown.
HARRY C. COLEMAN, Chestertown.
EBEN F. PERKINS, Chestertown.
S. P. TOWNSHEND, Chestertown.
JAMES W. CROUCH, Chestertown.
J. RAYMOND SIMPERS, Chestertown.
J. W. CLARK, Still Pond.Justices of Peace.
S. E. BURGESS. Rock Hall.
G. C. TOWNSEND, Millington.
J. M. SUTTON, Betterton.
VERNON M. BARNETT, Chestertown.
R. C. MORGAN, Galena.
J. H. KELLY, Still Pond.
H. M. MASSEY, Massey.Register of Wills.
ROBERT R. HILL
L. B. RUSSELL, JR., Deputy.Treasurer.
HOWARD F. OWENS, OLLIE ESTES, Deputy.
County Commissioners.
CAREY W. REINHART, President.
OLIN S. DAVIS,
JOHN N. BENNETT,
T. B. CREW,
JOHN C. WOOD.
SAMUEL HICKS, Clerk.School Board.
JOHN P. AHERN, President.
JOHN D. URIE,
C. ROMIE SKIRvEN.Almshouse Board.
HARRY T. RASH,
HENRY B. RASIN,
LOINS E. SMITH,
M. WILBER THOMAS,
THOMAS W. TREW.State's Attorney.
HARRISON W. VICKERS.
TOWN OFFICIALS.
Commissioners.
WILLIAM L. FOWLER,
GEORGE R. ROUSE,
ROBERT MOFFETT.
R. GROOME PARES, Esq., Attorney.
SAMUEL E. COOPER, Day Bailiff.
BEVERLY HYLAND, Night Bailiff.U. S. Senators From Maryland.
BLAIR LER,
JOHN WALTER SMITH.County Representatives in State Legislature.
HENRY BROWN, Senator.
HARRY WILLIS, House of Delegates.
HERBERT URIE, House of Delegates.Coroner.
DR. FRANK B. HINES, Chestertown.
Member Board of Managers Eastern Shore Hospital.
W. W. BECK, ESQ., Chestertown.
Bureau of immigration.
HARRY C. Willis, Chairman, Worton.
Supervisors of Elections.
GEORGE R. RASIN, Kennedyville
C. FRANK CROW, Worton
JOHN C. DAVIS, Chestertown
W. F. RUSSELL, Jr., Clerk.State Tax Commission
L. W. WICKES, Member of Board.
OWEN C. SMITH, Supervisor of Assessments.Lodge Directory.
P.O.S. of A. No. 34 meets every Tuesday evening in Fraternal Hall.
P.O.S. of A. No. 87 meets every Tuesday evening in Culp Building.
Daughters of America No. 58 meet every Monday evening in Fraternal Hall.
Jr. O. U. A. M. No. 177 meets every Wednesday in Fraternal Hall.
Loyal Order of Moose No. 1496 meets every Friday night in Westcott Building.
Modern Woodmen of America No. 8745 meet second and fourth Friday evenings in Fraternal Hall.
Chester Lodge No. 115, A. F. & A. M., meets first and third Wednesday evenings in Lyceum Theatre Building.
Red Men meet every Thursday evening in Fraternal Hall. Heptasophs meet first and third Friday evenings of each month in Fraternal Hall.
TRANSPORTATION LINES.
Train Schedule.
Train leaves Chestertown at 7.37 A. M. for Baltimore and Philadelphia, connecting north and south, every day except Sunday. Returning train reaches here 11.02 A. M. In the afternoon train leaves at 2.53, returning at 7.03 P. M. On Sunday train leaves at 3.55 P. M., returning at 7.28 P. M.
Boat Schedule.
Boat leaves Chestertown for Baltimore at 7 A. M. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving in Baltimore at 1 P. M. Returning, leaves Baltimore at 1 A. M., arriving in Chestertown at 7 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Auto Lines connect with day boat at Tolchester and with train at Elkton.
DISTANCES IN KENT.
Chestertown to:
|
Worton |
5.0 miles |
Pomona |
4.0 miles |
|
Lynch |
6.0 |
Fairlee |
6.0 |
|
Kennedyville |
8.2 |
Crumpton |
9.0 |
|
Still Pond |
9.4 |
Chesterville |
10.7 |
|
Millington |
13.6 |
Toichester |
11.6 |
|
Galena |
15.6 |
Rock Hall |
12.4 |
|
Masseys |
17.1 |
Sandtown |
13.0 |
|
Georgetown |
17.1 |
Betterton |
12.5 |
|
Sassafras |
20.9 |
|
POPULATION OF KENT COUNTY, CENSUS OF 1910
|
District 1 - Masseys, including Galena and Millington towns |
3,342 |
|
Galena town |
262 |
|
Millington town |
399 |
|
District 2 - Kennedyville |
2,391 |
|
District 3 - Worton or Betterton, including Betterton town |
2,041 |
|
Betterton town |
308 |
|
District 4 - Chestertown, including Chestertown |
2,941 |
|
Chestertown town |
2,735 |
|
District 5 - Edesville, including Rock Hall town |
3,207 |
|
Rock Hall town |
781 |
|
District 6 - Fairlee |
1,700 |
|
District 7 - Pomona |
1,335 |
|
|
16,957 |
The population of Kent County in 1900 was 18,786
ALTITUDES IN KENT
|
Chestertown |
22 feet |
|
Blacks |
80 |
|
Still Pond |
70 |
|
Masseys |
64 |
|
Sassafras |
34 |
|
Millington |
27 |
|
Edesville |
24 |
|
Georgetown |
5 |
ROADS IN KENT.
The Kent County Commissioners give the road mileage as follows: First District and Second District, each 120 miles; Third District, 85 miles; Fourth District, 60 miles; Fifth District, 100 miles; total, 480 miles.
REGISTERED VOTE OF KENT COUNTY, 1915.
|
Dis. |
Prec. |
Dem. |
Rep. |
Proh. |
Prog. |
Ind. |
Dec. |
White |
Col'd |
Total |
|
1 |
1 |
248 |
131 |
3 |
|
|
3 |
272 |
113 |
335 |
|
|
2 |
232 |
133 |
|
|
4 |
6 |
250 |
125 |
375 |
|
2. |
1 |
155 |
130 |
... |
4 |
... |
1 |
174 |
116 |
290 |
|
|
2 |
169 |
143 |
2 |
... |
... |
2 |
198 |
118 |
316 |
|
3 |
1 |
194 |
104 |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
212 |
92 |
304 |
|
|
2 |
135 |
110 |
1 |
... |
1 |
4 |
159 |
92 |
251 |
|
4. |
1 |
232 |
206 |
... |
5 |
... |
7 |
269 |
181 |
450 |
|
|
2 |
210 |
111 |
1 |
3 |
... |
11 |
238 |
98 |
336 |
|
5. |
1 |
34~ |
95 |
... |
... |
5 |
10 |
408 |
47 |
455 |
|
|
2 |
254 |
104 |
... |
... |
2 |
... |
275 |
85 |
360 |
|
6 |
|
183 |
231 |
1 |
1 |
... |
... |
204 |
212 |
416 |
|
7 |
|
148 |
184 |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
184 |
155 |
339 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
|
2505 |
1682 |
9 |
17 |
14 |
50 |
2843 |
1434 |
4277 |
TOTAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY IN KENT COUNTY, 1916.
Real and Personal, $9,477,889.00.
Ordinary Business Corporations, $24,118.69.
Bonds and Securities, $501,966.64.
SOURCE: Page(s) 8-12, History of Kent County, Maryland, 1630-1916, by Fred G. Usilton, 1916
Transcribed by Nathan Zipfel for the Maryland History and Genealogy Project