574/Maryland Manual

Form of Government: County Commissioners

County Code: See Code of the Public Local Laws
of Somerset County (1963) with supplements.

Area: 374.26 sq. miles (338.41 land, 35.85 water)

Population 1900: 25,923
1950: 20,745
1960: 19,623
1970: 18,924
1980: 19,188
Dist. I, West Princess Anne ......... 2,968
Dist. 2, St. Peters ................. 577
Dist. 3, Brinkleys ................ 1,518
Dist. 4, Dublin .................. 1,309
Dist. 5, Mount Vernon ............. 843
Dist. 6, Fainnount ................ 613
Dist. 7, Crisfield ................. 5,841
Dist. 8, Lawsons ................. 2,085
Dist. 9, Tangier .................. 463
Dist. 10, Smith Island .............. 606
Dist. 11, Dames Quarter ............ 235
Dist. 12, Asbury ................. 1,158
Dist. 13, Westover ................ 1,150
Dist. 14, Deal Island ............... 631
Dist. 15, East Princess Anne ......... 3,614

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 census):
Crisfield (2,924), Princess Anne (1,499)

Principal Unincorporated Places (1980 census):
Lewsonia (1,687)

Voter Registration, 1982
Democrat: ..................... 6,841
Republican: .................... 2,978
Other and Decline: ................ 380
Total: ...................... 10,199

Per Capita Income (1980): $5,195
State Parks: Janes Island (3,060 acres)

Colleges/Universities: University of Maryland—
Eastern Shore, Princess Anne

Museums/Historical Societies: Somerset County
Historical Society, Teackle Mansion, Princess
Anne 21853

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Courthouse
Princess Anne 21853 Telephone: 651-1555
(Circuit Court)
Telephone: 651-0955
(District Court)

Court Terms:

Circuit Court—Grand Jury and Petit Jury, third
Monday in February and September.

Orphans' Court Days—Tuesdays, 1:00 P.M.

Circuit Court Resident Judge
Lloyd L. Simpkins ............... 1991

Circuit Court Clerk
I. Theodore Phoebus .............. 1986

District Court Judge
Robert D. Horsey ................ 1986
Thomas H. White, Administrative Clerk .....
Edmund L. Widdowson, Clerk ...........

Orphans' Court Judges
Thomas W. Coulbourne, Chief Judge ... 1986
Gary W. Miller .................. 1986
Ralph W. Parks ................. 1986

Register of Wills
Littleton Thomas Dryden ........... 1986

Sheriff
Thomas A. Windsor .............. 1986

State's Attorney
Logan C. Widdowson ............. 1986

District Public Defender
Patrick Hayman .....................

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

Board of County Commissioners
Prince William St.
Princess Anne 21853 Telephone: 651-0320

Meeting Days: Tuesdays, 2:00 P.M.
County Commissioners

Board of County Commissioners
Dennett Lee Butler, Dist. 2, President ... 1986
Phillip L. Gerald, Dist. 1 ........... 1986
Edwin D. McGee, Dist. 3 ........... 1986
Earl G. Warwick, Dist. 4 ........... 1986
Eimo Dryden, at large ............. 1986
Charles E. Massey, County Administrator
Peggy B. Ford, Clerk ..................

Law

County Attorney
Thomas S. Simpkins ..................