CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND
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Origin: Cecil County was erected in 1674 from Baltimore and Kent counties by proclamation of the Governor. The County was named for Cecilius Calvert (1605-1675), Second Lord Baltimore, and founder of the Maryland colony. Although he never lived in Maryland, Cecilius Calvert was Proprietor of the colony from 1632 until his death in Middlesex, England in 1675.
Boundaries: Bounded north by Pennsylvania; east by Delaware; south by Sassafras River; west by Chesapeake Bay & Susquehanna River.
County Charter & Code
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County Executives
County Seal
County Seat: Elkton, MD 21921
Form of Government: Charter since December 3, 2012
Population: 1990 census: 71,347; 2000 census: 85,951; 2010 census: 101,108
Cecil County Courthouse, 129 East Main St., Elkton, Maryland, March 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
websites:
Animal Services: www.ccgov.org/government/animal-control
Budget Dept.: www.ccgov.org/government/budget
Circuit Court: www.mdcourts.gov/clerks/cecil/index.html
Community College: www.cecil.edu/Pages/default.aspx
Community Services: www.ccgov.org/government/community-services
County Council: www.ccgov.org/about-us/county-council
County Executive: www.ccgov.org/about-us/county-executive
County Government: www.ccgov.org/government
County Government Directory: www.ccgov.org/about-us/cecil-county-government-contact-directory
Detention Center: www.ccgov.org/government/sheriff-s-office/sheriff-s-office-test/corrections/detention-center
District Court: www.mdcourts.gov/district/directories/courtmap.html#CECIL
Economic Development Office: www.ccgov.org/government/economic-development
Elections Board: www.ccgov.org/government/election-board
Emergency Services Dept.: www.ccdes.org/
Ethics Commission: www.ccgov.org/about-us/boards-and-commissions/cecil-county-ethics-commission
Facility Management & Maintenance Dept.: www.ccgov.org/government/facilities-maintenance
Finance Dept.: www.ccgov.org/government/finance
Health Dept.: www.cecilcountyhealth.org/ccdhxx/index.php
Housing & Community Development: www.ccgov.org/government/community-services/housing
Human Resources: www.ccgov.org/government/human-resources
Information Technology: www.ccgov.org/government/information-technology
Job Service: http://dllr.maryland.gov/county/harford/
Library: www.cecil.ebranch.info/
Orphans' Court: www.ccgov.org/government/orphans-court
Parks & Recreation: www.ccgov.org/government/parks-and-recreation
Permits & Inspections Dept.: www.ccgov.org/government/permits-and-inspections
Planning & Zoning Dept.: www.ccgov.org/government/planning-zoning
Public Schools: www.ccps.org/cecil
Public Works: www.ccgov.org/government/public-works
Purchasing Office: www.ccgov.org/government/purchasing
Register of Wills: http://registers.maryland.gov/main/cecil.html
Sheriff's Office: www.ccgov.org/government/sheriff-s-office-1701
Social Services Dept.: http://dhr.maryland.gov/local-offices/cecil-county/
State's Attorney: www.ccgov.org/government/state-s-attorney-s-office
Tourism Office: www.ccgov.org/government/tourism-1657
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