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Name: Named for the English county of the same
name.

Form of Government: Code Home Rule (1970)

County Code: See Code of the Public Local Laws
a/Kent County (1968) with supplements.

Area: 303.64 sq. miles (278.34 land, 25.30 water)

Population. 1900: 18,786; 1950: 13,677; 1960:
15,481; 1970: 16,146; 1980: 16,695.

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 census):
Chestertown (3,300), Rock Hall (1,511),
MiUington (512)

Voter Registration, Oct. 6, 1986. Democrat:
5,503; Republican: 2,521; Other Parties: 4; No
Party Affiliation: 396; Total: 8,424.

Per Capita Income, 1985 (estimated): $9,693

Colleges/Universities: Washington College,
Chestertown

Museums/Historical Societies: Historical Society
of Kent County, Inc., 101 Church Alley,
Chestertown 21620

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Courthouse
Chestertown 21620
Circuit Court: 778^t600, ext. 60
District Court: 778-1830

Court Terms:

Circuit Court—Grand Jury and Petit Jury, first
Monday in February; second Monday in
September.

Orphans' Court Days — Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon.

Circuit Court Resident Judge
Vacancy

Circuit Court Clerk
Earl H. Pinder, 1990

District Court Judge
H. Thomas Sisk, Jr., 1991
Grace R. Achuff, Administrative Clerk; Rose
Marie Metcalf, Clerk.

Orphans' Court Judges
Julian Lee Crew, Chic/Judge, 1990; Irvin A.
Sutton, 1990; Harry T. Williams, 1990.

Register of Wills
Janet Lee Ashley, 1990

Sheriff
H. Allan Blizzard, 1990

State's Attorney
J. Frederick Price, 1990

District Public Defender
C. Daniel Saunders

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

Board of County Commissioners
Courthouse
Chestertown 21620 Telephone: 778-4600,
ext. 34

Meeting Days: Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Alexander P. Rasin, III, Chairperson ....... 1990
Arthur L. Harris III ..................... 1990
Wallace D. Miller ....................... 1990
William H. Landon, County Administrator
Janice F. Fletcher, Administrative Assistant/
Clerk

LAW

County Attorney
Ernest S. Cookerly

FINANCE

Treasurer
W. Roger Williams, 1990