Salisbury, Maryland
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| Salisbury | |||
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| Nickname : The Crossroads of Delmarva | |||
 Salisbury, Main Street |
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| Location in Maryland | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1732 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Maryland | ||
| County : | Wicomico County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 22 ′ N , 75 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
33,114 (as of 2016) 400,200 (as of 2016) |
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| Population density : | 1,153.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 29.6 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of which 28.7 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 8 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 21801-21804 | ||
| Area code : | +1 410, 443 | ||
| FIPS : | 24-69925 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0591221 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.salisbury.md.us | ||
| Mayor : | Jake Day (as of 2019) | ||
Salisbury is a small town in Wicomico County in the US state of Maryland . The city is the seat of the county administration ( County Seat ) and has 33,114 inhabitants (2016 census) on an area of 29.6 km².
Salisbury is the economic center of the Delmarva Peninsula and the junction of US Highways 50 and 13 . The city is the seat of Salisbury University .
Name variants
The village has several designations:
- Carr's Landing
- Cell Phones Landing
- Salisbury Town
- Salsbury
traffic
The city is connected to the national highway network by US Routes 13 and 50 . Wicomico regional airport is a few kilometers east of the city.
Town twinning
Salisbury's twin cities are Salisbury in England, Tartu in Estonia and Salinas in Ecuador.
sons and daughters of the town
- Frank “Floorshow” Culley (1917–1981), rhythm and blues saxophonist
- Alexis Denisof (* 1966), actor
- John Glover (born 1944), actor
- Linda Hamilton (born 1956), actress
- William Purnell Jackson (1868–1939), US Senator
- Paul Sarbanes (* 1933), US Senator
Web links
Commons : Salisbury, Maryland - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jane W. Bailey (Ed.): What's Past is Prologue: A History of Wicomico County, Maryland. Salisbury. Wicomico County Centennial, Maryland 1967, p. 22.
- ^ J. Kenneth Keatley: Place Names of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Queen Anne Press, Queenstown, Maryland 1987, p. 146.
- ^ David Griffith: Map of the State of Maryland. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1794.
- ↑ [1] Website Salisbury - Sister cities, accessed February 10, 2019