Talk:Cecil County, Maryland

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Part of Delaware Valley?
How is this county part of the Delaware Valley region in any way other than geographically? Living in Philadelphia, I know that people from the region don't often refer to Maryland as part of the region. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are the only three states I would consider part of the area.- And rew ia 01:22, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It's part of the Delaware River watershed (even if is only some of the streams), so that's what constitutes "Delaware Valley". Besides, it's geographically closer to Philly than Balitmore, though not by much. Jimbo 18:32, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

"How is this county part of the Delaware Valley region in any way other than geographically?"

Cecil County is more tied into Wilmington, DE (one of the major three cities listed in the DV metro which is the reason for the inclusion) and New Castle County.

"It's part of the Delaware River watershed"


 * Cecil is a Chesapeake watershed, the C&D canal is an artificial connection.


 * Removed this article from the Wikipedia Philadelphia project. We have enough, without this county.--DThomsen8 (talk) 18:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

It's part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area, as defined by the Census Bureau (probably more because of commuters to Wilmington than to the City of Philadelphia). Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article on that topic is called "Delaware Valley."

In Wikipedia's "Delaware Valley" article, Cecil County is listed as part of that MSA. Therefore, the exclusion in parenthesis on this page should be removed. While Delaware Valley residents may not consider it part of Delaware Valley, the US Government does because it is part of the Philadelphia MSA, which is named the Delaware Valley MSA. The article isn't claiming it's part of the watershed, just stating which MSA it is located in with the proper link. It's not actually important if it's in the Delaware River watershed, just that it's located in that MSA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raszoo (talk • contribs) 13:06, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

The one thing that must be taken into account with Cecil County, which only Marylanders will understand, is that the county has been tossed around between the Baltimorw and Philadelphia areas for years. Part of the reason why Cecil County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area is that the area culturally resonates with Wilmington and Philadelphia rather than Baltimore and Washington. Also of notable mention is that they have strong ties with both New Castle County, DE (in the Delaware Valley), and Harford County, MD (in Central Maryland), which could be an argument for moving Harford County over, as the demographics and travel patterns point closer to Philadelphia, all but geographically. Part of why residents of areas closer to the City of Philadelphia do not claim Cecil County asthe Delaware Valley is that it is in another state, despite residents of Maryland's only county in the Delaware Valley thinking of themselves as Philadelphia instead of Baltimore. Keep in mind that, if Cecil County was in Delaware or Pennsylvania instead, it would most likely be covered by most Philadelphia area TV and radio stations. Part of this is that Wilmongton has a separate radio market (in which Cecil County is included), but all three of the counties are in the Philadelphia TV market, despite Cecil not being covered while New Castle and Salem are. A similar problem is encountered with Bedford County, Pennsylvania, which is technically in the Washington, DC DMA, despite it being covered by Harrisburg area stations instead of DC area stations, which only go up to Cumberland. Here, it is in the Philadelphia area, but is covered by Baltimore area stations. As I said at the beginning, the county has been tossed between the two metros for a long time, with neither really wanting to claim it for some reason. Maryland's government has made multiple stupid attempts to push Cecil County into the Baltimore Metro to streamline their work for the state, despite most failing. The latest of these attempts involves the National Weather Service switching Cecil County from the Philadelphia/Mount Holly office, located in Mount Holly, New Jersey to the Baltimore/Washington office, located in Sterling, Virginia. This was originally scheduled to take place on June 2nd, 2020, but has been pushed to November 10th, 2020. NotSure15 (talk) 18:31, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Churches
Was driving through Cecil today and noticed an inordinate amount of Presbyterian Churches...they were everywhere! What gives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.179.70.231 (talk) 22:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I was looking on this page for information regarding Earleville (also spelled Earlville on maps before the current era), and couldn't find anything. If anyone has any information on the founding of this town, then that would be very helpful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apellicone (talk • contribs) 18:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

offtarget-source
The Johnston book does mention a George Talbot. However, it doesn't match the location given, and "developer" is unsourced Tedickey (talk) 16:45, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

See numerous references on Google, including "Maritime Cecil County" By Christopher Knauss, online at http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jK9oN65rqKEC&pg=PA21&dq=%22cecil+county%22+%22george+talbot%22&as_brr=3&cd=3#v=onepage&q=%22cecil%20county%22%20%22george%20talbot%22&f=false —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.61.79 (talk) 20:07, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


 * There's no new information in that link Tedickey (talk) 21:52, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

TV Market Realignment
Cecil County, Maryland has been realigned from the Philadelphia DMA to the Baltimore DMA, possibly to match with state lines. Can anyone consider checking this?

Source: http://www.truckads.com/Affiliate/Baltimore.htm#map

Great50 (talk) 17:41, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

The county is included in the Wilmington radio market with New Castle County, DE and Salem County, NJ. The other two counties are included in Philadelphia's DMA. I say we leave Cecil with Philadelphia, as Lancaster County, PA is said to be in Philly's DMA on their page, while they are in the Harrisburg area. NotSure15 (talk) 18:33, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

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Hello, I think it would be helpful to the readers if there was more in the lead section of the article. HeathV (talk) 00:10, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Accuracy
Great article! I know I'm super late, but what I will say is how intricate you were in regards to the Education portion. I found the statistics of the number of schools, campuses and libraries interesting and accurate. The article you wrote was delivered in a neutral manner. Great job! Kriswashere (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:13, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Possible historic buildings to photograph
WhisperToMe (talk) 20:10, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Gerry House, Port Deposit
 * Count de Rochambeau's troops historic marker
 * Principio Company

introducing DMA in the lede
That edit was (a) not sourced, (b) unrelated to any of the expanded discussion in the article itself, and (c) not very important to the topic as written, because of (b). TEDickey (talk) 22:11, 8 July 2020 (UTC)