| Worton, Maryland | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Worton |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kent |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.45 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.39 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.06 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.95 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.92 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 214 |
| Population Density Km2: | 89.55 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 231.85 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 72 |
| Coordinates: | 39.2744°N -76.0922°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 21678 |
| Area Code: | 410, 443, and 667 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 591611 |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 24-87000 |
Worton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 249.[2]
The Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Worton is located along Maryland Route 297 at the crossing of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad, 4miles north of Chestertown, the Kent county seat. It is bordered to the north by Butlertown. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Worton CDP has an area of 2.4sqkm, of which 0.06sqkm, or 2.48%, is water.[2]
It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and Kent County High School is in an unincorporated area, in the Butlertown census-designated place with a Worton postal address.
Worton Elementary School was formerly in the Butlertown CDP, with a Worton postal address.[3] [4] [5] In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary School,[6] with four members favoring and one against.[7]