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Dennings; village in Carroll County. 
Dennis; creek, a small branch of Quantico Creek in Wicomico County. 
Denton; county scat of Caroline County. Population, 900. 
Dentsville; post village in Charles County. 
Derwood; post village in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
De Sales; village in Baltimore County. 
Detmold; hill on boundary between Garrett and Allegany counties. 
Devil; small marshy island in Assawoman Bay in Worcester County. 
Devil Nest; creek, a small tributary of Zekiah Swamp in Charles County. 
Dick; branch, a small tributary of Little Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore County. 
Dickens; post village in Allegany County. 
Dickerson; post village in Montgomery County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Ditch; run, a small tributary of Potomac River in Washington County. 
Dividing; creek, a tributary of Pocomoke River on boundary between Somerset and 
Worcester counties. 
Dobbin; two small islands in Magothy River in Anne Arundel County. 
Dodson; post village in Garrett County. 
Dog; mountain ridge in Garrett County. 
Dog and Bitch; small marshy island in Isle of Wight Bay in Worcester County. 
Dogwood; small branch of Little Elk River in Cecil County. 
Dogwood; small tributary of Patapsco River hi Baltimore County. 
Dominion; village in Queen Anne County. • 
Doncaster; post village in Charles County. 
Dorchester; county, organized in 1669; extends from Chesapeake Bay to the Dela- 
ware state line, and is bounded on the southeast by Nanticoke River and on 
the north by Choptank River. The surface is generally level, although the 
upper part of the comity undulates considerably. The area is 608 square miles, 
of which more than a third, or 128,160 acres, was under cultivation in 1900. 
The population for the same year was 27,962. The county seat is Cambridge, a 
town of about 5,000 inhabitants, while the next town in size is East Xewmarket, 
which had a population of 1,267 in 1900. The average magnetic declination in 
the county in 1900 was 5° 35 / west. The annual rainfall commonly ranges 
between 45 and 50 inches, and the mean annual temperature between 55° 
and 60°. 
Dorsey; post village in Howard County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Dorseys; run, a small tributary of Little Patuxent River in Howard and Anne Arun- 
del counties. 
Dorseys; run, a small tributary of Patapsco River in Howard County. 
Dorseys Run; station in Howard County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Double Bridge; branch, a small tributary of Pocomoke River in Worcester County. 
Double Lick; run, a small branch of Blackhawk Run in Garrett County. 
Double Pipecreek; post village in Carroll County on the Western Maryland 
Railroad. 
Doubs; post village in Frederick County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Douglass; run, a small branch of Cherry Run in Garrett County. 
Dougherty; creek, a small tributary of Big Annemessex River in Somerset County. 
Doughoregan; post village in Howard County. 
Downes; post village in Caroline County on the Queen Anne's Railroad. 
Downesville; post village in Washington County. 
Dove; cove, a small inlet of Bush River in Harford County. 
Drawbridge; post village in Dorchester County. 
Drayden; post village in St. Mary County. 
Druid; lake, in Druid Hill Park, a suburb of Baltimore City within its chartered 
limits. 
