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Airport Committee
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners as per Chapter 154, Acts
of 1972)
George Sullivan, Chairperson ........
Plumbing Board
A. Vernon Saunders, Chairperson .....
Electrical Board
(Chapter 304, Acts of 1972)
Kirk Sterling, Chairperson ..........
Electrical Inspector
George Wiggins .......
County Engineer
John B. Norris, Jr. ...............
Roads Engineer
J. Douglas Bond.................
Extension Agents
James A. Burns .................
Frances Jones .....
Florence B. Lanham ,.,,,.,.,.....
Hope M. Martin .....
Jean E. Schilling .....
Edward L. Swecker...............
R. Douglas Vogel................
Soil Conservation District Supervisors
James B. Beaven, Chairperson ........ .1982
Dan Donnelly (County appointee) .....
A. E. Vernon Saunders ............ .1979
James Woodburn .................1980
Robert A. Stevens ............... .1981
SOMERSET COUNTY
County Seat: Princess Anne 21853
Origin: Created by an Order in Council in 1666.
Name: Named after Mary Somerset, sister-in-law
of Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore.

Form of Government: County Commissioners
Population, 1970:
Somerset County .... 18,924
Dist. 1, West Princess Anne ........ .2,181
Dist. 2, St. Peters .................649
Dist. 3, Brinkleys ................ 1,452
Dist. 4, Dublin .................. 1,343
Dist. 5, Mount Vernon 837
Dist. 6, Fail-mount ................. 788
Dist. 7, Crisfield ... 3,110
Dist. 8, Lawsons ................. 1,706
Dist. 9, Tangier ...................458
Dist. 10, Smith Island ..............645
Dist. 11, Dames Quarter 278
Dist. 12, Asbury . . . 1,592
Dist. 13, Westover ................ 1,070
Dist. 14, Deal Island ...............773
Dist. 15, East Princess Anne ........ .2,042
Estimated Population, 1979:20,400
Area: 378 sq. miles
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
1. Theodore Phoebus .............. 1982
District Court Judge
Robert D. Horsey ................ 1986
Thomas H. White, Administrative
Clerk.........................
Edmund L. Widdowson, Clerk .......
Orphans' Court Judges
Thomas W. Coulboume, Chief Judge . . . 1982
Dorothy Fisher .................. 1982
Ralph Parks .... ........ 1982
Register of Wills
Littleton Thomas Dryden ........... 1982