Official Name: | Taylors Island, Maryland |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Taylors Island |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maryland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Dorchester |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 10.78 |
Area Land Km2: | 10.73 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.16 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.14 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 125 |
Population Density Km2: | 11.65 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 30.17 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 0.9 |
Coordinates: | 38.4689°N -76.2989°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 21669 |
Area Code: | 410, 443, and 667 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 24-76925 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 591395 |
Taylors Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, in the state's Eastern Shore region. The population was 173 at the 2010 census.[2] It is known for hunting, crabbing and fishing. Ridgeton Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church and Grace Episcopal Church Complex were listed in 1979.
Taylors Island is in western Dorchester County on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. It is separated from the mainland on the east by Slaughter Creek. Maryland Route 16 leads northeast from Taylors Island to Cambridge, the Dorchester County seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Taylors Island CDP occupies the central, northern, and western parts of the island. The CDP has a total area of 10.8km2, of which 0.05sqkm, or 0.47%, is water.[2]