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Whaleysville ; post village in Worcester County on the Baltimore, Chesapeake and 
Atlantic Railway. 
Whayland; post village in Wicomico County. 
Wheaton; post village in Montgomery County. 
Wheel; post village in Harford County. 
Whiteburg; post village in Worcester County. 
Whiteford; post village in Harford County. 
Whitehall; post village in Baltimore County on the Northern Central Railway. 
Whitehaven; post village in Wicomico County. 
White Knob; mountain in Garrett County. 
Whiteleysburg; post village in Caroline County. 
Whitemarsh; creek, a small tributary of Rhode River in Anne Arundel County. 
Whitemarsh; post village in Baltimore County. 
Whitemarsh; run, a small tributary of Horning Run in Baltimore County. 
White Meadow; run, a small branch of Cherry Run in Garrett County. 
White Neck; creek, a small tributary to St. Catharine Sound in St. Mary County. 
Whiteoak; point in Baltimore County, projecting into Bush River. 
Whiteoak; run, a small tributary to North Branch of Patapsco River in Carroll 
County. 
Whiteoak; village in Montgomery County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 
Washington Railroad. 
Whiteoak Spring; run, a small branch of Muddy Creek in Garrett County. 
Whiteplains; post village in Charles County. 
White Rock; small island in Patapsco River in Anne Arundel County. 
White Rock; run, a small tributary of Youghiogheny River in Garrett County. 
Whites Ferry; post village in Montgomery County. 
White Sulphur; small branch of Fifteenmile Creek in Allegany County. 
Whitneys; landing on Severn River in Anne Arundel County. 
Whiton; post village in Wicomico County. 
Whittington; point in Worcester County, projecting into Chincoteague Bay. 
Wicomico; county, organized in 1867 from portions of Somerset and Worcester 
counties, with the following boundaries: north, the south boundary of the State 
of Delaware; east, Pocomoke River; south, Somerset and Worcester counties, 
and west, Nanticoke River. The surface is level. The area is 365 square miles, 
of which more than one-half, or 122,453 acres, was under cultivation in 1900. 
The county seat is Salisbury, with a population of 4,277 in 1900. The average 
magnetic declination in the county in 1900 was 5° 15'. The rainfall commonly 
ranges between 45 and 50 inches, and the mean annual temperature between 
55° and 60°. 
Wicomico; post village in Charles County. 
Wicomico; river, an estuary on the north side of Potomac River in Charles and 
St. Mary counties, forming the boundary line between the two counties. Two 
streams, known as Zekiah and Gilbert swamps, flow into it at its head. 
Wicomico; river on the east shore of Maryland heading on the south boundary of 
Delaware and flowing southwest into Tangier Sound, an arm of Chesapeake Bay. 
Much of its course is bordered by marshes. Near its mouth it forms an estuary. 
Widgeon; village in Somerset County. 
Wild Cat; small branch of Great Seneca Creek in Montgomery County. 
Wild Cat; creek, a small branch of Little Bennetts Creek in Montgomery County. 
Wild Cat; point in Cecil County, projecting into Susquehanna River. 
Willards; post village in Wicomico County on the Baltimore, Chesapeake and 
Atlantic Railway. 
Williams; point in Somerset County, projecting into Pocomoke River. 
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