Dorchester County Commercial Directory
1882 East New Market
“Is on Dorchester & Delaware R.R., 12 miles from Cambridge and surrounded by
a rich farming section, in which the cultivation of small fruits is carried on
quite successfully…Land sells from $10 to $80 per acre, yields large crops of
wheat, corn, oats, hay, potatoes, and vegetables….
Churches: M.E., John Ayers; P.E.;
A.F.& A.M. Choptank 138…K of P.,
Centennial 94
public schools, population 350
James T. Prouse, postmaster"
Business Persons: Area Farmers:
Abdell, W.J., justice of peace Atkinson, F.T.
Andrew, J.W., gen’l mdse. Bowen, A.L.
Andrew, T. & Son, gen’l mdse Cook, James
Bramble, J.K., justice of peace Dean, James A.
Briley, W.H., gen’l mdse Dean, J.Wm.
Chilcutt & Stevens, carpenters Fletcher, J.W.
Fletcher, K.B., miller Hicks, Joseph A.
Fletcher & Bramble, gen’l mdse Holland, Thomas
Helsby, Joseph J., store & druggist Holland, William
Houston, Dr. Henry W., druggist Hurst, William
Jacobs, Dr. J.T., physician Johnson, E.S.
Jones, Dr. Geo. P., physician Jones, J.Spry
Millard & Co, packers Loomis, F.E.
Mowbray, J.A., justice of peace McAlister, James A.
Reed, E.W., wheelwright Newton, Francis A.
Ryan, John H., hotel Prouse, Charles H.
Seymour, M., millinery Sherman, T.B.
Sherman, B.F., constable Spry, William
Smith, Thomas K., miller Webster, John
Stevens, Geo. A.K., attorney-at-law Webster, Samuel L.
Trice, M.K.,rail road agent Wright, J.H.
Willoughby, Wm., undertaker Vickers, William T.
(A post office first opened here on 11/18/1803 under the name “New Market”.
The name was changed on 5/10/1827 to East New Market to avoid a name conflict
with Western Shore towns of the same title.)