586/Maryland Manual

Name: Named after the Earl of Worcester.
Form of Government: Code Home Rule (1976)

County Code: See Code of the Public Local Laws
of Worcester County (1961) with supplements.

Area: 584.86 sq. miles (474.86 land, 110 water)

Population 1900: 20,865
1950: 23,148
1960: 23,733
1970: 24,442
1980: 30,889
Dist. I, Pocomoke ................ 5,922
Dist. 2, Snow Hill ................ 4,789
Dist. 3, Berlin ................... 8,207
Dist. 4, Newark .................. 895
Dist. 5, St. Martin ................ 1,638
Dist. 7, Atkinson's ................ 693
Dist. 8, Stockton ................. 1,391
Dist. 10, Ocean City .............. 7,354

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 census):
Ocean City (4,946), Pocomoke City (3,558),
Snow Hill (2,192), Berlin (2,162)

Voter Registration, 1982
Democrat: ..................... 9,902
Republican: .................... 3,098
Other: .......................... 11
Decline: ........................ 836
Total: ...................... 13,847

Per Capita Income (1980): $8,076
State Forests: Pocomoke (13,230 acres)

State Parks: Assateague (756 acres), Milbum
Landing (370 acres). Shad Landing (545 acres)

Museums/Historical Societies: Worcester County
Historical Society, P. 0. Box 111, Snow Hill
21863

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Circuit Court
Courthouse
Room 222
Snow Hill 21863 Telephone: 632-0700

District Court
Green St.
Snow Hill 21863 Telephone: 632-2525

Court Terms:

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

Orphans' Court Days—Tuesdays, 10:00 A.M. -
4:00 P.M.

Circuit Court Resident Judges
Edward 0. Thomas, Administrative Judge 1995
Dale R. Cathell ................. 1997

Circuit Court Clerk
Warne C. Littleton ............... 1986

District Court Judge
Theodore R. Eschenburg ........... 1991
Thomas H. White, Administrative Clerk .....
Patricia G. Berdan, Clerk ...............

Orphans' Court Judges
Klein G. Leister, Chief Judge ........ 1986
James L. Bowden ................ 1986
Harry J. Connolly, Sr ............. 1986

Register of Wills
Charlotte L. Outten ............... 1986

Department of Juvenile Services
David Taylor, Supervisor ...............

Department of Parole and Probation
Betty J. Burbage, Field Supervisor .........

Sheriff
G. Daniel McAllister .............. 1986

State's Attorney
B. Randall Coates ................ 1986

District Public Defender
Robert B. Pine ......................
John J. O'Meara, Worcester County Assistant . .

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

Board of County Commissioners
Room 127
Courthouse
Snow Hill 21863 Telephone: 632-1194
632-1195

Meeting Days: every other Tuesday, 9:30 A.M.
County Commissioners

Board of County Commissioners
Roland E. Powell, Dist. 4, President .... 1986
K. Bennett Bozman, at large. Vice-
President ...................... 1986
Carlton E. Massey, Sr., Dist. 1 ....... 1986
Randolph F. Wilkerson, Dist. 2 ....... 1986
James G. Barrett, Dist. 3 ........... 1986