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Charles; creek, a small branch of Honga River in Dorchester County. 
Charles; county, organized in 1640, occupies the southwest part of the State, and 
is bounded on the west and south by Potomac River, north by Prince George 
County, and on the southwest by St. Mary County. The surface of the county 
is generally low, but undulated sufficiently to be well drained by the numerous 
branches of the bordering rivers. The area of the county is 451 square miles, of 
which more than one-half, or 153,465 acres, was under cultivation in 1900. The 
population for the same year was 17,662; the county seat, Laplata. The average 
magnetic declination in 1900 was 4° 30' west. The annual rainfall ordinarily 
ranges between 45 and 50 inches and the mean annual temperature between 50° 
and 55°. 
Charles; point in Somerset County, projecting into Big Annemessex River. 
Charles; run, a small tributary of Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore County. 
Charleston; creek, a small tributary of Wicomico River in Charles County. 
Charlestown; town in Cecil County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing- 
ton Railroad. Population, 244. 
Charlestown; village in Allegany County. 
Charlesville; village in Frederick County. 
Charlotte Hall; post village in St. Mary County on the Washington, Potomac and 
Chesapeake Railroad. 
Charlton; post village in Washington County on the Western Maryland Railroad. 
Chase; creek, a small tributary of Severn River in Anne Arundle County. 
Chase; post village in Baltimore County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Chattolanee; post village in Baltimore County. 
Chautauqua Beach; post village in Anne Arundel County on the Bay Ridge Rail- 
road. 
Cheltenham; post village in Prince George County on the Philadelphia, Balti- 
more and Washington Railroad. 
Cherry; creek, a small branch of Youghiogheny River in Garrett Comity. 
Cherry; creek, a branch of Deep Creek in Garrett County. 
Cherry; point in Dorchester County, projecting into Choptank River. 
Cherry; small island in Choptank River in Dorchester County. 
Cherry Cove; creek, a small stream flowing into Breton Bay in St. Mary County. 
Cherryfield; point in St. Mary County, projecting into St. Mary River. 
Cherry Glade; run, small tributary of Little Youghiogheny River in Garrett 
County. 
Cherryhill; post village in Cecil County. 
Cherry Hill; village in Harford County. 
Chesapeake; bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, extending from northeast Alary- 
land nearly south, connecting with the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia, between 
Capes Charles and Henry. Its length is about 175 miles, and breadth 8 or 10 
miles. Into it flow many large rivers from the west, namely, the Susquehanna 
at its head, the Rappahannock, York, and James. The hay has been produced 
by the sinking of the land, and the same movement is converting the lower 
courses of all these rivers into estuaries. The shores of the bay are marshy, 
especially the east shore, where the country is extremely low. 
Chesapeake; town in Cecil County. Population, 1,172. 
Chesapeake and Ohio; canal, artificial waterway running parallel with Potomac 
River from Cumberland, Md., to Georgetown, D. C. 
Chesapeake Beach; post village in Calvert County on Chesapeake Beach Railway. 
Chester; post village in Queen Anne County on Queen Anne's Railroad. 
Chester; river on boundary between Kent and Queen Anne counties tributary to 
Chesapeake Bay. 
Chesterfield; post village in Anne Arundel County. 
