Edge Creek

Edge Creek is a bay in Talbot County, Maryland, in the United States.^[1][2] It is small tributary on the eastern edge of Broad Creek that flows from the north, dividing it from Leadenham Creek. The bay is surrounded by the peninsula of Royal Oak on three sides.

Edge Creek
Map of the rivers of the Eastern Shore of Maryland with the Choptank and its watershed highlighted
Edge Creek
Location	Talbot County, Maryland
Coordinates	38°44′N 76°12.5′W
Type	Bay
Etymology	James Edge
Part of	Choptank River Basin, Chesapeake Bay
Primary outflows	Choptank River
Basin countries	United States
Settlements	Royal Oak, Maryland
Location

The water from Edge Creek flows into the Choptank River basin, continuing to the Chesapeake Bay.

Location of Edge Creek

Namesake

Edge Creek was named for James Edge (ca. 1710–1757,^[3] an 18th-century assessor.^[4] Edge immigrated to Maryland from England. On arrival in the county, he was a merchant, agent and factor for Richard Gildart, Esq., of Liverpool, England.^[5][6] He lived on the banks of the creek and owned property around which Edge Creek would be named.^[7] He did not have any natural born children. Upon his death, his nieces by marriage, Anne and Elizabeth Oldham inherited his property.^[8]

See also

• Edge Hill, Liverpool, also named for the same Edge family