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A Brief History of Federalsburg, Maryland

The Town of Federalsburg is located on the Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County, the heart of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, which has long been known for being a land of hospitable and gracious living.

The Nanticoke Indians were the first known inhabitants around Federalsburg. In 1682, James and William Wright came from England with one of William Penn's colonies and settled on the Marshyhope Creek, the headwaters of the Northwest Fork of the Nanticoke River. When the forming of Caroline County was completed in 1774, this land fell within its boundaries. By an act of the General Assembly in 1792, the southern boundary was extended to Northwest Fork Ford because of the newly erected bridge at that spot, which was the division line between Caroline and Dorchester counties.

Already, the possibilities of this point were foreseen, where cross-country traffic forded the river, and a store was built there around 1789. This was the nucleus of a small village, which so greatly owed its growth to the bridge, that the town was called the "Northwest Fork Bridge", or "The Bridge" until early 1812, when politics took its naming in hand.

The Federalist Party was strong on the Delmarva Peninsula, and a rousing mass meeting was held at "The Bridge." People came from far and near, the Militia drilled with all the pomp and ceremony of military glory, replete with drums and fife. Prominent speakers of the day used all of the gifts of oratory to foster pride and rekindle the enthusiasm of a dying party. Such emotion of that day demanded an outlet, and out of this, the Town was given a new name, Federalsburg.