Map of Vienna town, Maryland

Vienna is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 271 at the 2010 census.

Vienna town overview:
Name:	Vienna town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Maryland
County:	Dorchester County
Founded:	1706
Incorporated:	1833
Elevation:	10 ft (3 m)
Total Area:	0.77 sq mi (1.98 km²)
Land Area:	0.77 sq mi (1.98 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	270
Population Density:	352.94/sq mi (136.32/km²)
ZIP code:	21869
Area code:	410
FIPS code:	2480600
GNISfeature ID:	0591474

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History

Prior to European colonization, a Nanticoke town called “Chicacone” existed where Vienna is now located. The Nanticokes are an Algonquian people. Chicacone was the largest Nanticoke settlement at the time of John Smith’s exploration of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. By 1742, ongoing violations of Indian reservation rights by English colonizers caused the Nanticoke people to abandon Chicacone. In 1768–69, the Colony of Maryland dissolved the Nanticoke reservation. Many of the Nanticokes of Chicacone migrated north to Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada, while others stayed and assimilated into the white or black communities of lower Dorchester and Wicomico counties.

Vienna was founded in 1706. It thrived on trade, shipbuilding and tobacco farming. The wreck of a 45-foot cargo ship that was likely built at a small shipyard or plantation in Maryland was found in 2015 under the US 50 Bridge over the Nanticoke River. Charring suggests it was torched by British sympathizers in the 1780s. The British raided the town repeatedly during the American Revolutionary War, and again during the War of 1812. This led to the building of a wall across the city’s waterfront on the Nanticoke River. This wall is in ruins today. Handsell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Vienna was incorporated in 1833.