Dorchester County, MD

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Dorchester County is on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The Dorchester County Circuit Court (Judicial Circuit 1st) sits in Cambridge. The local economy combines agriculture (corn, soybeans, poultry — Perdue/Mountaire), commercial fishing and aquaculture (oysters, crabs), tourism (Ocean City, Chesapeake Bay), and small-town services.