Tolchester Beach, Maryland

Unincorporated community in Maryland, United States

39°12′51″N 76°14′41″W / 39.21417°N 76.24472°W / 39.21417; -76.24472Country

United StatesState

MarylandCounty

KentElevation

0 m (0 ft)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

21620

Area code(s)410, 443, and 667GNIS feature ID595098^[1]

Tolchester Beach is an unincorporated community located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Established in 1877, it was formerly a popular resort.^[2]^[3]^[4] Tolchester Beach is located just north of Rock Hall. The resort was closed in 1962.^[5]

In the late 1800s, Tolchester Beach was a popular tourist destination for residents of Baltimore and other areas served by the Chesapeake Bay steamships.^[3] The beach had hotels, restaurants, games, picnics, horse-racing, and an amusement park with a merry-go-round and a roller coaster.^[3]

Some of the steamships that served Tolchester Beach were the Emma Giles^[6] and Louise.^[3]

References

^ "Tolchester Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Tolchester Beach". Maryland Online Encyclopedia. 2005. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cowan, Katherine (November 1999). "Tolchester Photograph Collection, ca. 1883-1925". Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library.
^ Milt Diggins. "Cecil County, The Tolchester Beach Improvement Company, and the end of the Steamboat Era". Archived from the original on April 14, 2007.
^ "Tolchester Beach Revisited Museum". The Mainstay. 2007. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
^ Keith, Robert C. (2005). Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0801879807.