Taylors Island, MD

Taylors Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, in the state's Eastern Shore region. The 2010 census counted 173 residents. Taylors Island is known for hunting, crabbing and fishing. Ridgeton Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Taylors Island, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Taylors Island, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church and Grace Episcopal Church Complex were listed in 1979. Taylors Island is in western Dorchester County on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. Taylors Island is separated from the mainland on the east by Slaughter Creek.