[HISTORY: Adopted and amended as indicated in text.]
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Placing political posters — See Anno. Code of Md. (1957),
Art. 27, § 452.
Compensation of Board of Elections members — See Anno.
Code of Md. (1957), Art. 33, § 2-3.
Appointment and compensation of counsel — See Anno.
Code of Md. (1957), Art. 33, § 2-5.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1; amended 2-13-1985
by Bill No. 1985-5; 6-14-1993 by Bill No. 1993-15]
Wicomico County is divided into 15 election districts according to their names, bounds and limits, as fully set forth in §§
31-2 through
31-18, in each of which districts all elections for public officers shall be held at such location or locations in each district as may from time to time be so designated by the Supervisors of Elections of said Wicomico County. If no suitable location is available in any given district, a suitable location or locations in the adjoining district may be so designated by the Supervisors of Elections of Wicomico County, in accordance with Article 33, § 2-11, of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the point of intersection of the Nanticoke
River and Rewastico Creek and running thence in a northeasterly direction
by and with said Rewastico Creek to the Porter Mill Road (County Route No.
437); thence by and with said Porter Mill Road to the Old Railroad Road (County
Route No. 430); thence in a northerly direction by and with said Old Railroad
Road to Barren Creek Road (State Route No. 467); thence in an easterly direction
by and with said Barren Creek Road to the Maryland-Delaware line; thence in
a westerly direction along the Maryland-Delaware line to the Maryland-Delaware
cornerstone; thence in a northerly direction by and with the Maryland-Delaware
line to the point of intersection of the said Maryland-Delaware line with
the Cross Road (County Route No. 457); thence in a general westerly direction
to the point of intersection of said Cross Road to the road known as Snethen
Church Road (County Route No. 452); thence by and with said Snethen Church
Road to the Sharptown-Mardela State Road (State Route No. 313); thence by
and with the Spring Grove Road (County Route No. 460); in a general northwesterly
direction to the Nanticoke River; thence in a general southwesterly direction
by and with said Nanticoke River to the point of beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Nanticoke River and
Rewastico Creek and proceeding thence by and with said Rewastico Creek to
the Porter Mill Road (County Route No. 437); thence by and with said Porter
Mill Road in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of Braggs Lane
(County Route No. 439); thence by and with said Braggs Lane in a southeasterly
direction to the Rewastico Road (County Route No. 433) and proceeding directly
across said Rewastico Road and following an old road through the woods in
a general southeasterly direction to the Hebron-Quantico Road (State Route
No. 347); thence in a northeasterly direction by and with said Hebron-Quantico
Road to the point of intersection of said road with the Quantico Creek Road
(County Route No. 429); thence in a southeasterly direction by and with said
Quantico Creek Road to the Fire Tower Road (County Route No. 428); thence
running in a southeasterly direction by and with said Fire Tower Road to Crooked
Oak Lane (County Route No. 473); thence running in an easterly direction by
and with said Crooked Oak Lane to the Rockawalkin Road (County Route No. 475);
thence running in a southerly direction by and with said Rockawalkin Road
to the point where it intersects the Salisbury-Nanticoke Road (State Route
No. 349); thence continuing in a southerly direction directly across the said
Salisbury-Nanticoke Road by and with the Rockawalkin Road (County Route No.
314) to Pemberton Drive (County Route No. 301); thence in a southwesterly
direction by and with said Pemberton Drive to the North Upper Ferry Road (County
Route No. 320); thence in a southerly direction by and with said North Upper
Ferry Road to the Wicomico River; thence in a southwesterly direction by and
with said Wicomico River to Green Hill Creek; thence in a general northwesterly
direction by and with said Green Hill Creek to the headwaters of the northwesterly
fork of said Green Hill Creek; thence in a northwesterly direction to the
headwaters of Dennis Creek and from thence running to the Quantico Creek;
thence running in a general westerly direction by and with said Quantico Creek
to the Nanticoke River and thence by and with said Nanticoke River in a general
northeasterly direction to the point of beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Maryland-Delaware
line and the Tingle Road (County Route No. 143) and thence running in a southwesterly
direction by and with said Tingle Road to the New Hope Road (County Route
No. 162); thence running in a southeasterly direction by and with said New
Hope Road to its intersection with the Burnt Mill Road (County Route No. 158);
thence running in a southerly direction by and with said Burnt Mill Road to
its intersection with the Poplar Neck Road (County Route No. 129); thence
running in a southeasterly direction by and with said Poplar Neck Road to
the Hamblin Ditch; thence running in a general southerly direction by and
with said Hamblin Ditch to Old U.S. Route No. 50 (same being the road from
Salisbury to Ocean City); thence in a westerly direction by and with said
Old U.S. Route No. 50 to the White-Rich Road (County Route No. 267); thence
running in a southerly direction by and with said White-Rich Road across the
Friendship Road (County Route No. 265) to the Pine Branch; thence running
in a general southeasterly direction by and with said Pine Branch to Savannah
Branch; thence running by and with said Savannah Branch to the Ben Davis Road
(County Route No. 272); thence running in a general northwesterly direction
by and with said Ben Davis Road to the Morris Road (County Route No. 266);
thence running in a general southwesterly direction by and with said Morris
Road to the Mt. Hermon Road (State Route No. 350); thence running in a general
westerly direction by and with said Mt. Hermon Road to the main prong of Nassawango
Creek; thence running in a general northerly direction by and with said Nassawango
Creek to the Shavox Road (County Route No. 207); thence running in a general
westerly direction by and with said Shavox Road to the Forest Grove Road (County
Route No. 298); thence running in a general northerly direction by and with
said Forest Grove Road to Old U.S. Route No. 50; thence in a general easterly
direction by and with said Old U.S. Route No. 50 to Broad Street in the village
of Parsonsburg; thence running in a northerly direction by and with said Broad
Street to the Parsonsburg-Melson Road (County Route No. 130); thence running
in a northerly direction by and with said Parsonsburg-Melson Road to the Melson
Road (County Route No. 145); thence running westerly by and with said Melson
Road to the Melson Delaware Line Road (County Route No. 174); thence running
by and with the Melson Delaware Line Road in a northerly direction to the
Maryland-Delaware Line; thence running in an easterly direction by and with
said Maryland-Delaware Line to the point of beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Twilley Bridge Road
(County Route No. 244) and the main prong of Nassawango Creek; thence running
in a general northerly direction by and with said Nassawango Creek to the
Shavox Road (County Route No. 207); thence running in a general westerly direction
by and with said Shavox Road to the Forest Grove Road (County Route No. 298);
thence running in a general northerly direction by and with said Forest Grove
Road to Old U.S. Route No. 50; thence running in a general easterly direction
along Old U.S. Route No. 50 to Broad Street in the Village of Parsonsburg;
thence running in a northerly direction by and with said Broad Street to the
Parsonsburg-Melson Road (County Route No. 130); thence running in a northerly
direction by and with said Parsonsburg-Melson Road to the Melson Road (County
Route No. 145); thence running in a westerly direction by and with said Melson
Road to the Melson Delaware Line Road (County Route No. 174); thence running
in a northerly direction by and with said Melson Delaware Line Road to the
Maryland-Delaware line; thence running in a westerly direction by and with
said Maryland-Delaware line to the Stage Road (County Route No. 176); thence
running in a southerly direction by and with said Stage Road to a point where
it intersects U.S. Route No. 13 (Salisbury-Delaware line Road); thence running
in a southerly direction along said U.S. Route No. 13 to the Naylor Mill Road
(County Route No. 431); thence running in a westerly direction by and with
said Naylor Mill Road to the Old Delmar Road (County Route No. 488) (from
Delmar to Salisbury); thence running in a general southerly direction along
said Old Delmar Road to U.S. Route No. 13; thence running in a general southerly
or southwesterly direction by and with said U.S. Route 13 to North Division
Street in Salisbury; thence running in a general southerly direction by and
with said North Division Street and South Division Street to the east prong
of the Wicomico River; thence running by and with the east prong of the Wicomico
River, the Beaver Dam Creek, Schumaker Pond and Parker Pond in an easterly
direction to the Mt. Hermon Road (State Route No. 350); thence running in
a general easterly direction by and with said Mt. Hermon Road to the Twilley
Bridge Road (County Route No. 244); thence running in a general southeasterly
direction by and with said Twilley Bridge Road to the point of beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at Massey's Crossing on the Pocomoke River
and running thence by and with said Massey's Crossing Road (County Route
No. 286) in a general southwesterly direction to the Mt. Pleasant Road (County
Route No. 215); thence running in a general westerly direction by and with
said Mt. Pleasant Road to the Willards-Whiton Road (State Route No. 354);
thence running in a southerly direction by and with said Willards-Whiton Road
to the Ben Davis Road (County Route No. 272); thence running in a northwesterly
direction by and with said Ben Davis Road to the point of intersection with
the Morris Road (County Route No. 266); thence running in a southwesterly
direction by and with said Morris Road to the Mt. Hermon Road (State Route
No. 350); thence running in a general westerly direction by and with said
Mt. Hermon Road to the main branch of the Nassawango Creek; thence running
by and with said main branch of the Nassawango Creek in a southerly direction
to the Wicomico-Worcester County line; thence running by and with said Wicomico-Worcester
County line in a general easterly direction to the Pocomoke River and thence
running in a general northerly direction by and with said Pocomoke River to
the point of beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of Wicomico River with Wicomico
Creek and thence running by and with said Wicomico River in a northeasterly
direction to its intersection with White Creek; thence running by and with
said White Creek in a southerly direction to the Walnut Tree Road (County
Route No. 308); thence running by and with said Walnut Tree Road in a southeasterly
direction to the Allen Road (County Route No. 344); thence running by and
with said Allen Road in a southwesterly direction to the intersection of the
Old Eden Road (County Route No. 366); thence running by and with said Old
Eden Road and the extension thereof in a southerly direction directly into
Passerdyke Creek; thence running by and with said Passerdyke Creek and the
Wicomico Creek in a westerly direction to the Wicomico River at the point
of beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1; amended 6-13-1977
by Bill No. 1977-3]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Nassawango Creek and
the Wicomico-Worcester County line and thence running in a westerly direction
by and with said Wicomico-Worcester County line to the intersection of said
county line and the St. Luke's Road (County Route No. 206); thence running
in a general northwesterly direction by and with St. Luke's Road to the
Jackson Road (County Route No. 251); thence running in a general easterly
direction by and with said Jackson Road to Slab Bridge Creek; thence running
in a general northwesterly direction by and with said Slab Bridge Creek to
South Division Street Extended (County Route No. 212); thence running by and
with said South Division Street Extended in a northerly direction to the Dykes
Road (County Route No. 227); thence running by and with the said Dykes Road
in an easterly direction to Robins Avenue (County Route No. 216); thence running
by and with said Robins Avenue in a northerly direction to the Snow Hill Road
(State Route No. 12); thence running by and with said Snow Hill Road in a
northwesterly direction to College Avenue Extended (County Route No. 0630);
thence running by and with the said College Avenue Extended in an easterly
and northerly direction to Beaver Dam Creek; thence running by and with said
Beaver Dam Creek in a southeasterly direction to Schumaker Pond; thence running
by and with said Schumaker Pond in an easterly direction to Beaver Dam Creek;
thence running by and with said Beaver Dam Creek and the center of Parker
Pond in a northeasterly direction to the Mt. Hermon Road (State Route No.
350); thence running by and with said Mt. Hermon Road in an easterly direction
to the Twilley Bridge Road (County Route No. 244); thence running in a general
southeasterly direction by and with said Twilley Bridge Road to the Nassawango
Creek; thence running in a general southerly direction by and with said Nassawango
Creek to the point of beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the east prong of the
Wicomico River and South Division Street; thence running in a northerly direction
by and with said South Division Street and North Division Street to U.S. Route
No. 13; thence running in a general northerly direction by and with said U.S.
Route 13 to the Old Delmar Road (County Route No. 488); thence running in
a general northerly direction by and with said Old Delmar Road to the intersection
of said Old Delmar Road and Naylor Mill Road (County Route No. 431); thence
running by and with said Naylor Mill Road in an easterly direction to U.S.
Route No. 13; thence running in a northerly direction by and with said U.S.
Route No. 13 to Leonard Mill Pond; thence running in a general southwesterly
direction by and with said Leonard Mill Pond and Leonard Mill Run to the Naylor
Mill Road (County Route No. 431); thence running in a general westerly direction
by and with said Naylor Mill Road to its point of intersection with the Log
Cabin Road (County Route No. 441); thence running in a general northwesterly
direction by and with said Log Cabin Road to the White-Lowe Road (County Route
No. 420); thence running in a general southerly direction by and with said
White-Lowe Road to U.S. Route No. 50; thence running in a general westerly
direction by and with said U.S. Route No. 50 to the Rockawalkin Road (County
Route No. 475); thence running in a general southwesterly direction by and
with said Rockawalkin Road to State Route No. 349; thence crossing State Route
No. 349 and by and with Rockawalkin Road (County Route No. 314) to Pemberton
Drive (County Route No. 301); thence running in a general southwesterly direction
by and with said Pemberton Drive to the North Upper Ferry Road (County Route
No. 320); thence running in a southerly direction by and with said North Upper
Ferry Road to the Wicomico River and thence running in a general northeasterly
direction by and with the meandering of the Wicomico River to the point of
beginning.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Nanticoke River and
the Maryland-Delaware State line; thence running in a southerly direction
by and with said Maryland-Delaware State line to the Cross Road (County Route
No. 457); thence running in a westerly direction with said Cross Road to the
Snethen Church Road (County Route No. 452); thence running by and with the
Snethen Church Road in a northwesterly direction to Spring Grove Road (County
Route No. 460); thence running in a northwesterly direction by and with said
Spring Grove Road to the Nanticoke River; thence running in a general northeasterly
direction by and with said Nanticoke River to its intersection with the Maryland-Delaware
line at the point of beginning.
[Amended by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Maryland-Delaware
State line with the Stage Road (County Route No. 176) and thence running by
and with said Stage Road in a southerly direction to U.S. Route No. 13; thence
running in a southerly direction by and with said U.S. Route No. 13 to Leonard
Mill Pond; thence running in a general southwesterly direction by and with
said Leonard Mill Pond and Leonard Mill Run to the Naylor Mill Road (County
Route No. 431); thence running in a general northwesterly direction by and
with said Naylor Mill Road to its point of intersection with the Log Cabin
Road (County Route No. 441); thence running in a general northwesterly direction
by and with said Log Cabin Road to the Hickory Mill Road (County Route No.
422); thence running in a general northerly direction by and with said Hickory
Mill Road and the extension thereof, to the Maryland-Delaware line and thence
running in an easterly direction by and with said Maryland-Delaware line to
the point of beginning.
[P.L.L. 1930, Art. 23, secs. 80 and 81; 1959 Code, secs. 82 and 83;
1904, ch. 133, secs. 1 and 2; 1965 Code, secs. 91 and 92] [Amended by L. Wic.
Co., 1966, ch. 1; 6-13-1977 by Bill No. 1977-3]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Tony Tank Creek with
the Wicomico River; thence running by and with said Tony Tank Creek and the
north prong of Tony Tank Lake in an easterly direction to its intersection
with South Division Street Extended (County Route No. 212) at Coulbourne Mill
Pond; thence running by and with South Division Street Extended in a northerly
direction to Dykes Road (County Route No. 227); thence running by and with
said Dykes Road in an easterly direction to Robins Avenue (County Route No.
216); thence running by and with said Robins Avenue in a northerly direction
to the Snow Hill Road (State Route No. 12); thence running by and with said
Snow Hill Road in a northwesterly direction to College Avenue Extended (County
Route No. 0630); thence running by and with said College Avenue Extended in
an easterly and northerly direction to Beaver Dam Creek; thence running in
a westerly direction by and with said Beaver Dam Creek to the east prong of
the Wicomico River; thence running by and with said east prong of the Wicomico
River to the Wicomico River; thence running by and with said Wicomico River
in a southwesterly direction to the intersection of Tony Tank Creek to the
point of beginning.
[P.L.L. 1930, Art. 23, secs. 82 and 83; 1959 Code, secs. 84 and 85;
1906, ch. 190, secs. 1 and 2; 1965 Code, secs. 93 and 94] [Amended by L. Wic.
Co. 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the Maryland-Delaware
line with the Tingle Road (County Route No. 143); thence running in a southwesterly
direction by and with said Tingle Road to the New Hope Road (County Route
No. 162); thence running in a general southeasterly direction by and with
said New Hope Road to the Burnt Mill Road (County Route No. 158); thence running
in a general southerly direction by and with said Burnt Mill Road to the Poplar
Neck Road (County Route No. 129); thence running in a general southeasterly
direction by and with said Poplar Neck Road to the Hamblin Ditch; thence running
in a general southerly direction by and with said Hamblin Ditch to Old U.S.
Route No. 50; thence running in a westerly direction by and with said Old
U.S. Route 50 to the White-Rich Road (County Route No. 267); thence running
by and with said White-Rich Road in a general southerly direction across the
Friendship Road (County Route No. 265) to Pine Branch; thence running by and
with said Pine Branch in a southeasterly direction to Savannah Branch; thence
running in a general southeasterly direction by and with said Savannah Branch
to the Ben Davis Road (County Route No. 272); thence running in a general
southeasterly direction by and with said Ben Davis Road to the Willards-Whiton
Road (State Route No. 354); thence running in a general northerly direction
by and with said Willards-Whiton Road to the Mt. Pleasant Road (County Route
No. 215); thence running in a general easterly direction by and with said
Mt. Pleasant Road to the Massey's Crossing Road (County Route No. 286);
thence running in a general northeasterly direction by and with said Massey's
Crossing Road to the Pocomoke River; thence running in a general northerly
direction by and with said Pocomoke River to the Maryland-Delaware line and
thence running in a westerly direction by and with the said Maryland-Delaware
line to the point of beginning.
[P.L.L. 1930, Art. 23, secs. 84 and 85; 1959 Code, secs. 86 and 87,
1912, ch. 536, secs. 1 and 2. 1965 Code, secs. 95 and 96] [Amended by L. Wic.
Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of U.S. Route No. 50 and
the White-Lowe Road (County Route No. 420); thence running in a northerly
direction by and with said White-Lowe Road to the Log Cabin Road (County Route
No. 441); thence running in a westerly direction by and with said Log Cabin
Road to the Hickory Mill Road (County Route No. 422); thence running by and
with said Hickory Mill Road and the extension thereof in a northerly direction
to the Maryland-Delaware line; thence running in a westerly direction by and
with said Maryland-Delaware line to the Barren Creek Road (State Route No.
467); thence running by and with the Barren Creek Road in a westerly direction
to the Old Railroad Road (County Route No. 430); thence running in a southerly
direction by and with said Old Railroad Road to Porter Mill Road (County Route
No. 437); thence running in a southwesterly direction by and with said Porter
Mill Road to Braggs Lane (County Route No. 439); thence running by and with
said Braggs Lane in a southeasterly direction to Rewastico Road (County Route
No. 433) and thence proceeding directly across said Rewastico Road in a southeasterly
direction following an old road through the woods to the Hebron-Quantico Road
(State Route No. 347); thence running in a northeasterly direction by and
with said Hebron-Quantico Road to the Quantico Creek Road (County Route No.
429); thence running in a general southeasterly direction by and with said
Quantico Creek Road to the Fire Tower Road (County Route No. 428); thence
running in a southeasterly direction by and with said Fire Tower Road to Crooked
Oak Lane (County Route No. 473); thence running in an easterly direction by
and with said Crooked Oak Lane to the Rockawalkin Road (County Route No. 475);
thence running in a northeasterly direction by and with said Rockawalkin Road
to U.S. Route No. 50; thence running in a general easterly direction by and
with said U.S. Route No. 50 to the White-Lowe Road at the point of beginning.
[P.L.L., 1930, Art. 23, secs. 86 and 87; 1959 Code, secs. 88, 89,
90 and 91; 1922, ch. 221, secs. 1, 2 and 3; 1949, ch. 298, sec. 1; 1965 Code,
secs. 97, 98, 99 and 100] [Amended by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1]
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the St. Luke's Road
(County Route No. 206) and the Wicomico-Worcester County line; thence running
in a northwesterly direction by and with said St. Luke's Road to the
Jackson Road (County Route No. 251); thence running in an easterly direction
by and with said Jackson Road to the Slab Bridge Creek; thence running in
a northwesterly direction by and with said Slab Bridge Creek to South Division
Street Extended (County Route No. 212); thence running by and with said South
Division Street Extended in a northeasterly direction to Tony Tank Creek at
Coulbourne Mill Pond; thence running in a northwesterly direction by and with
said Tony Tank Creek and Tony Tank Lake to the Wicomico River; thence running
by and with said Wicomico River in a westerly direction to its intersection
with White Creek; thence running in a southerly direction by and with said
White Creek to Walnut Tree Road (County Route No. 308); thence running in
a southeasterly direction by and with said Walnut Tree Road to the Allen Road
(County Route No. 344); thence running by and with the said Allen Road in
a southwesterly direction to the Old Eden Road (County Route No. 366); thence
running in a southerly direction by and with said Old Eden Road and an extension
thereof to Passerdyke Creek; thence running by and with said Passerdyke Creek
in a southeasterly direction to its intersection with the Wicomico-Somerset-Worcester
County line; thence running in an easterly direction by and with the Wicomico-Worcester
County line to the St. Luke's Road at the point of beginning.
[Added 6-14-1993 by Bill No. 1993-15]
Beginning for the same at the confluence of the Nanticoke River and
Quantico Creek; thence running in a general easterly direction by and with
said Quantico Creek to Dennis Creek; thence running in a southerly direction
by and with said Dennis Creek to the northwesterly headwaters of Green Hill
Creek; thence running by and with said Green Hill Creek in a southeasterly
direction to the Wicomico River; thence running by and with said Wicomico
River in a general southwesterly direction to its confluence with the Nanticoke
River; thence running by and with the Nanticoke River in a general northerly
direction along the most southwesterly portion of Wicomico County to the place
of beginning on Quantico Creek.
[Added by L. Wic. Co., 1966, ch. 1; amended 6-13-1977
by Bill No. 1977-3]
Plats designating the boundaries of the election districts fully described in §
31-2 through
31-18, inclusive, hereinbefore set forth, are recorded among the land records of Wicomico County, Maryland (Plats) in Liber J.W.T.S. No. 487, folios 97-104 inclusive and in Liber A.J.S. No. 876 folio 528.