LOCAL LINKS: 

Cecil County Government

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Cecil County Farm Museum 

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Cecil County Fair

STATE LINKS:

Maryland Department of Agriculture

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University of Maryland Extension

Maryland Department of the Environment

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Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Maryland Association of Conservation Districts

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Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration

FEDERAL LINKS:

US Department of Agriculture

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Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA)

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National Association of Conservation Districts

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EDUCATION LINKS:

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Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc.

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Hay and Forage

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Private Landowner Network

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Federal Income Tax Treatment of Soil and Water

Conservation Expenditures 

Cecil County Facts

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• Area: 359.6 square miles

• Farmland: Estimated area in farms: 70 percent as of January 2005

• Elevations: highest- 535 feet (on US 222 south of Rock Springs)

• Shoreline: 200 miles of shoreline

• 2004 Population: 95,526 (246.9 persons/ square mile)

• Annual Precipitation: 48 inches (13.8 inches of snowfall)

• Average Frost-free Days: 191 (USDA plant hardiness zones 6B and 7A)

• Wetlands: Approximately 9,000 acres in wetlands (1996 estimate)

• Forested Area: 88,067 (1996 figure)

• Maryland Agricultural Statistics