Origin: Erected in 1674 from Baltimore and Kent
counties by proclamation of the Governor.
Name: Named for Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord
Baltimore and founder of the colony of
Maryland.
Form of Government: County Commissioners
Population, 1970:
Cecil County 53,291
Dist. 1, Cecilton ...... 2,658
Dist. 2, Chesapeake City ........... 3,352
Dist. 3, Elkton ................. 13,632
Dist. 4, Fair Hill ................ 3,399
Dist. 5, North East . . . 8,928
Dist. 6, Rising Sun............... 4,993
Dist. 7, Port Deposit ............. 13,182
Dist. 8, Oakwood (Mount Pleasant) . . . 1,491
Dist. 9, Calvert (Brick Meeting House) . 1,656
Estimated Population, 1979:55,900
Area: 386 sq. miles
JUDICIAL OFFICES
Circuit Court
Courthouse
Elkton 21921 Telephone: 398-3232
District Court
126 North St.
Elkton 21921 Telephone: 398-4334
Court Terms:
Circuit Court-Grand Jury and Petit Jury,
Third Monday in January. May and Septem-
ber.
Orphans' Court Days-Tuesdays
Circuit Court Resident Judges
H. Kenneth Mackey .... ..... .. .1983
J. Albert Roney, Jr. .............. .1987

Circuit Court Clerk
Nelson D. Stubbs 1982
District Court Judges
Walter E. Buck, Jr. . . . 1981
Kenneth A. Wilcox - 1983
James Stewart, Administrative
Clerk
Grace Reynolds, Clerk.............
Orphans' Court Judges
William E, Burkhardt, Chief
Judge . . . 1982
G. Mitchell Boulden 1982
Rebecca Smith . . 1982
Register of Wills
Ruth H. Towler . . . 1982
Sheriff
John F. DeWitt . . . 1982
State's Attorney
Donaldson C. Cole, Jr 1983
District Public Defender
John W. Sause, Jr. . .
Director of Probation
(Appointed by the Judges of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County as per Chapter 11,
Acts of 1969)
Blanche D. Boulden ...............
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Board of County Commissioners
Room 101
Courthouse
Elkton 21921 Telephone: 398-4100
Meeting Days: Monday, 2:00 P.M.; Tuesday,
10:00 A.M.
Board of County Commissioners
Robert C. Adams, Dist. 2, President. . . . 1982
William C. Manlove, Dist. 1 .........1982
Frank D. Ragan, Dist. 3 ........... 1982
David T. Pinder, Clerk .............
Dennis S. Clower, Attorney ..........
Treasurer
M. Rebecca Jackson .............. 1983
Supervisor of Assessments
Harold Henderson ................
Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board
Harold Montgomery, Chairperson ..... 1979