Town Hall, 241 Market St., Charlestown, Maryland, November 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
In Cecil County, Charlestown was the first to incorporate in 1742, followed by Elkton (1787), Port Deposit (1824), Chesapeake City (1849), North East (1849), Rising Sun (1860), Cecilton (1864), and Perryville (1882).