Dorchester County, Maryland
Cambridge Real Estate and Local Guide
Cambridge is a historic Chesapeake Bay port city, the county seat and largest municipality of Dorchester County, known for its Choptank River waterfront and blue crab and seafood heritage.
Living in Cambridge
A center of the 1960s civil rights movement led by Cambridge native Gloria Richardson. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Cambridge
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Cambridge home
Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center
Downtown museum honoring Tubman and Eastern Shore African American history, offering Underground Railroad walking tours
Richardson Maritime Museum
Museum of Chesapeake Bay boatbuilding and skipjacks, tied to the historic skipjack Nathan of Dorchester
Annie Oakley House
Bellevue Avenue house where sharpshooter Annie Oakley lived from 1913 to 1915
Sailwinds Park
Choptank River waterfront park with a landmark sail sculpture, nautical playground, and the Dorchester County visitor center
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
More than 32,000-acre tidal marsh refuge 12 miles south of Cambridge, with the East Coast's largest bald eagle breeding population north of Florida
Cambridge areas to know
Cambridge Historic District
Downtown and High Street historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Pine Street Neighborhood Historic District
Historically African American neighborhood and hub of the city's civil rights era