“Is situated on a creek of the same name, making in from the Choptank River, in the northeastern part of Dorchester County. Ship by Choptank River steamers Mail, Hurlock” (note: a post office existed here only from 5/8/1891 until 6/30/1902, with Joseph L. Merrick as the postmaster at the time.) Occupations: Winfield, Henry, shoemaker Merrick, B.F., flour mill Merrrick, J.L., general store and miller Merrick, Thomas, carpenter Thomas, J.H., physician Twilley, Charles D. Williamson, W.W. & Sons, millers Farmers, RFD Hurlock: Adams, H.C. Griffin, Daniel Stack, W.B. Andrews, J. B. Hallowell, I.E. Stephens, J.W. Andrews, J.M. Harper, Granville Taylor, John Andrews, S.S. Harper, Jasper Thomas, Dr. J.H. Bestpitch, John Harper, John A. Thomas, George W. Bonner, Walter E. Harper, John W. Thompson, Wm. O. Bradley, Z.D. Harper, Wm. H. Townsend, J.F. Carroll, B.F. Hastings, Charles Travers, Wm. H. Carroll, C.C. Hastings, Harry E. Trice, J.H. Carroll, J.M. Hubbard, John Tubman, T.E. Carroll, Wm. F. Johnson, Samuel Waddell, C. Charles, J.F. Jones, J.H. Wallen, Albert Cohee, F.H. Jones, Spencer Wright, J.B. Coulbourne, Alva LeCompte, J.K. Wright, Fred Coulbourne, J.R. Merrick, J. L. Wright, Louis Coulbourne, T.J. Merrick, Thomas Dean, J. Moore, John Dean, Victor Mowbray, T.A. Dolby, Bayard A. Neal, Eugene Dukes, W.H. Nichols, D.W. Gambrill, J.R. Ross, W.E. Giles, J.R. Stack, J.W.