East New Market, MD

East New Market is a town located in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The 2020 census counted 389 residents. Long referred to as Newmarket, the town arose from its beginnings in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to be a social and commercial center serving the northern hinterland region of Dorchester County, Maryland into the early 20th century. East New Market was an early locale for education. That mix gives East New Market a clear local shape within Maryland, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The town is located approximately six miles northeast of Cambridge, the seat for its home County of Dorchester.