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Smith Island, Maryland

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80: 714:, Smith Island remains a source of anxiety to the United States Biological Survey. Wardens risk their lives when drawn to the lonely island marshes by the deep booming of swivel guns mounted in sneak-boats—artillery that throws a pound of shot at a blast to kill and cripple ducks by the hundreds. To spot wire-enclosed duck traps, wardens in airplanes drop streamers of paper for the guidance of wardens in boats who attempt to make arrests, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. The islanders are sure that God has given them the ducks, oysters, fish, and crabs to take as they wish and they bitterly resent man-made game laws. 1525: 42: 57: 166: 128: 758: 146: 623: 626: 810:
where donated cakes serve as the prize. Great attention is paid to the perfection of the pencil-thin layers that form the distinctive cake. Before each round, the prize Smith Island cake at stake is cut in half and shown to the players, who pay to participate in the game. A poorly stacked Smith
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the Smith Island men kept on dredging there for 50 years despite repeated attacks by Virginia patrol boats and inter-island battles in which oystermen on both sides were killed and wounded. The warfare ended only when the oysters in the area died ... Although killing wild ducks for market has been
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living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18, and the average family size was 2.69.
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was 50 years, with 14.6% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 34.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
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territorial waters in the United States. The island is the last inhabited island in Maryland that is not accessible by vehicle. (The Virginia portion of the island is not currently inhabited.) Most of the islands are eroding due to tidal currents and
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The most common recipes yield yellow cake with chocolate frosting, but other flavor variations include coconut, fig, strawberry, lemon, and orange. Smith Island cake is baked for any occasion, a dessert that needs no holiday.
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Smith Island is inhabited by one of the region's oldest English-speaking communities, known for its relic accent, which preserves many speech patterns from the original English colonial settlers. The local dialect is like the
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was 81.7 inhabitants per square mile (31.5/km). There were 218 housing units, at an average density of 57.5 per square mile (22.2/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.6%
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An 18-year-old waterman's son from Rhodes Point talking to an interviewer about working on the water and the erosion of Smith Island (circa 1984)
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described a series of economic conflicts that characterized relationships between the inhabitants of Smith Island, the inhabitants of nearby
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Beginning in the 1800s, Smith Islanders would send these cakes with the watermen on the autumn oyster harvest. The bakers began using
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was $ 26,324, and the median family income was $ 29,375. Males had a median income of $ 26,250, versus $ 28,750 for females. The
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The Smith Island CDP is located in a small town–area in the central part of the island, spread across the three villages of
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Island cake may not attract many players and, as a result, not raise as much money as a more perfectly executed cake.
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The island's population is approximately 220, down from a peak of about 800. On its Maryland side, Smith Island is a
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Smith Island has no airport and no bridges to the mainland; it can be accessed only by boat. Passenger-only
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There were 167 households, of which 19.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were
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frostings, as cakes frosted with fudge lasted much longer than cakes with other types of frosting.
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Smith Island, Maryland Environmental Restoration and Protection Project Accessed October 11, 2007
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Smith Island cake is also baked as the feature prize for a local fundraising tradition called a
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from NewsChannel 8 1:38 pm Thu April 24, 2008 – Annapolis, Md. Accessed online April 26, 2008
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reported that Smith Island is expected to completely erode by 2100 if no action is taken.
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Few motor vehicles exist on the islands, and these are all in the northern community of
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by Robert MacNeil, William Cran, Robert McCrum. Pages 34–35. Random House, Inc., 2005
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by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers page 435 Hunter Publishing, Inc, 2001
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and 240 acres (1 km) of wetlands. Moreover, the island is building additional
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was $ 25,469. About 14.4% of families and 37.8% of the population were below the
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from Original Smith Island Cake Company Website. Accessed October 30, 2011.
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by Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling-Estes, Page 156, UNC Press, 1997
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An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake
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settlers arrived on the island in the 17th century, coming from
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The story behind our Smith Island Cakes. Accessed July 6, 2012.
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offered buyouts to landowners, most of whom refused the offer.
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Andrew Zaleski On 11/01/15 at 3:56 PM EST (November 1, 2015).
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Smith Island lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of
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By the 2010s, the island had shrunk, mainly from erosion and
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features indicative of its origins. The dialect is like the
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Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Federal Writers' Project, "Part III: Touring the State",
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Although a portion of this island lies within Virginia, "
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Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
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is a collection of three distinct island communities –
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Smith Island cake with fresh strawberries on the side
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the officially designated state dessert of Maryland
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Index

Census-designated place
Harbor at Ewell
Flag of Smith Island, Maryland

37°59′N 76°02′W / 37.983°N 76.033°W / 37.983; -76.033
State
Maryland
County
Somerset
Time zone
UTC−5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC−4
FIPS code
GNIS
www.visitsmithisland.com
Tylerton
Rhodes Point
Ewell, Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Virginia
sea level rise
DNR
census-designated place
Somerset County
Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area
Crisfield, Maryland
Tangier Sound

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