Dorchester County is a county located in the U. S. state of Maryland on its Eastern Shore.

Dorchester County uses the slogan, " The Heart of Chesapeake Country ," due to its geographical location and the heart-like shape of the county on a map.

* Cambridge, Maryland is the county seat of Dorchester County and a busy port on the Choptank river.

Dorchester County is a county located in the U. S. state of South Carolina.

Dorchester was not established as a separate county until 1897, however, when it was separately established from parts of the neighboring Colleton and Berkeley counties.

In 1897 the northeastern portion of the county was separated to form the new Dorchester County, with its seat at Saint George.

It is the county seat of Dorchester County and the county's largest municipality.

It has been the county seat of Dorchester County since the latter's formation from Colleton County in 1897.

Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort south west of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset.

Dorchester is the historical shire town of the county.

Tolpuddle () is a small village in the southern English county of Dorset, situated in the Piddle valley, eight miles east of Dorchester and 12 miles west of Poole.

Dorchester ( ) is the county town of Dorset, England.

Poundbury is an experimental new town or urban extension on the outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England.

Beaminster is south of Bristol, west of Bournemouth, east of Exeter and northwest of the county town of Dorchester.

Portesham is a small village in the English county of Dorset, situated close to the south coast, between the towns of Weymouth and Dorchester.

: Other titles: Marquess of Dorchester ( 1706 ), Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull ( 1628 ), Viscount Newark and Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the county of Nottingham ( 1627 )

It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed " Dot " by its residents.

The county town is Dorchester.

Its name also echoes Barsetshire, and the names of the county and county town resemble Dorset and Dorchester.

The shire town of the county, Dorchester has several fine historic homes and civic buildings.

In 1933, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse ( except the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette, and the township of Langevin et Ware ), the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St-Henri-de-Lauzon, St-Jean-Chrysostôme, and St-Henri Village in the county of Lévis, the parish municipality of St-Luc-de-Dijon in the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

" While Dorchester planned for a defensive war, Simcoe urged London to declare war: " Upper Canada is not to be defended by remaining within the boundary line.

* February 3 – WWII: The Four Chaplains of the U. S. Army are drowned, when their ship ( USAT Dorchester ) is struck by a German torpedo.

* On the coast of Massachusetts Bay, the settlement that will become the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts is first inhabited by men from Dorchester, England.

* The first chocolate factory in the United States is established by Dr. James Baker at Dorchester, Massachusetts.

It is bordered by Queen Anne's County to the north, Caroline County to the east, Dorchester County to the south, and the Chesapeake Bay to the west.

There is also a record of an Elizabeth Aguirre of Petersfield, Hampshire ( died 1665 ), who was the second wife of Josias White ( 1573 – 1622 ) of Hornchurch, Essex, brother of John White the ' Patriarch of Dorchester ', and son of a John White of Stanton St John, Oxfordshire ( 1540 – before September 30, 1618 ), who afterwards married a Francis Drake ( 1573 – 1634 ) of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey – a first cousin once removed of Sir Francis Drake ( 1540 – 1596 ) the famous explorer.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Dorchester County is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area.

The City of Summerville, which is primairly in the County of Dorchester, as well as the City of Goose Creek, Town of Moncks Corner nad the US Naval Weapons Station have municipal departments.

Dorchester is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.

Dorchester is located at ( 39. 08759 ,-89. 88660 ).

Algonquin is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

Brookview is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

The Dorchester Banner is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Cambridge.

Church Creek is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

East New Market is a town located in Dorchester County, Maryland.

Eldorado ( El-da-ray-doh ) is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

Galestown is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

Hurlock is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

Secretary is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.