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Hooper Islands
Hoopers Island is a chain of islands in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Upper Hoopers Island and Lower Hoopers Island are surrounded by water with the Chesapeake Bay on the west and the Honga River on the east.
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Hoopers Island is a chain of islands in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Upper Hoopers Island and Lower Hoopers Island are surrounded by water with the Chesapeake Bay on the west and the Honga River on the east. The remote set of islands has much wildlife and is well known for sport fishing and crabbing industries. Hoopers Island was issued one of the earliest land grants in Dorchester County, Maryland.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands0
- Islets4
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Middle Hooper Island
- Area
- 5.7 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Lower Hooper Island
- Area
- 2.5 km²
- High point
- 9 m
Islets
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Cow Island1 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.5 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Middle Hooper: 19 m
- Lower Hooper: 9 m
- Cow: 1 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Middle Hooper Island | 5.7 km² |
| Lower Hooper Island | 2.5 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Cow Island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
Photographs
A view of Smoke Point, MD looking north from the MD-335 bridge to Hoopersville
The Hooper's Island Bridge between Upper Hooper Island and Middle Hooper Island, from the north, with the Honga River on the left and Chesapeake Bay on the right, Hooper's Island beyond, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Usable with attribution and link to: WorldIslandInfo.com
Mount Zion Memorial Church Hall, Hoopersville, Hooper's Island, Maryland, USA, Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties D-841
An image of a building on Hooper's Island.
The bridge to Hoopers Island, Maryland on MD-335, as seen from Smoke Point
A church in Hoopersville on Lower Hooper's Island.
Crab traps at Hoopers Island, Maryland, USA
An image of a building on Hooper's Island.
An image of Hoosier Memorial United Methodist Church on Hooper's Island.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Smoke Point MD. AviationFreak / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hoopers Island Bridge MD1. Acroterion / CC BY-SA 4.0
- HoopersvilleMaryland. WorldIslandInfo.com / CC BY 2.0
- Mt Zion Church Hooper's Island MD1. Acroterion / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hooper's Island, building (21416126780). Preservation Maryland / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bridge to Hooper's Island. AviationFreak / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hoopersville, church (21592837002). Preservation Maryland / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Crab traps Hoopers Island MD1. Acroterion / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hoopersville Banner. Preservation Maryland / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hooper's Island, building (21592817932). Preservation Maryland / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hooper's Island, church (21604230975). Preservation Maryland / CC BY-SA 2.0