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Rock Hall, is a waterfront town located directly on the National Chesapeake Scenic Byway in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,310 at the 2010 census.

Rock Hall town overview:
Name:	Rock Hall town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Maryland
County:	Kent County
Founded:	1707
Incorporated:	1908
Elevation:	10 ft (3 m)
Total Area:	1.55 sq mi (4.02 km²)
Land Area:	1.34 sq mi (3.47 km²)
Water Area:	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km²)
Total Population:	1,198
Population Density:	895.37/sq mi (345.74/km²)
ZIP code:	21661
Area code:	410
FIPS code:	2467400
GNISfeature ID:	0586872

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History

Originally called Rock Hall Crossroads, the city is now a fishing, sailing and recreational boating town situated on the upper Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the center of Kent County’s maritime industries, and is also a popular tourist destination. It was established in 1707. The city was named for a mansion made of white sandstone, and was incorporated in 1908.

Rock Hall served as a shipping point for tobacco, seafood and other agricultural products, as well as a passenger transport connection for travelers during the Colonial era. Later, fishing and seafood processing became the town’s largest industry.

The town missed out on receiving a railroad connection in 1872, when the Kent County Railroad set out to build from Massey via Chestertown and connect with a ferry to Baltimore for both passengers and freight. The company went bankrupt in 1877, having only built a stub from Chestertown to a place called Belair or Parsons and abandoning the rest unfinished.

Rock Hall Harbor remains a working harbor with an active fleet of commercial watermen, charter fishing and commercial sailing boats. It has three museums including a waterman’s museum.

Hinchingham and Trumpington are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.55 square miles (4.01 km), of which 1.34 square miles (3.47 km) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km) is water.