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==History== Denton was established in 1781.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dentonmaryland.com/|title=Town of Denton, Maryland|publisher= Town of Denton, Maryland|access-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref> It was first called Eden Town, for Sir [[Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland|Robert Eden]], the last royal governor of Maryland, and over time, Eden Town was shortened to Denton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2536|title=Profile for Denton, Maryland, MD|publisher=ePodunk|access-date=August 24, 2012|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514195914/http://epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2536|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n103 104]}}</ref> The town was incorporated in 1802.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Denton-Maryland.html|title= Denton, Maryland. A free online web forum was established for the Town of Denton at www.dentontalks.com in 2015. |publisher= City-Data.com|access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> The town benefited from trade shipped along the adjacent [[Choptank River]]. Shipyards along the river serviced smaller sail and steamships plying their trade on the river, with most traffic flowing down to the larger town of [[Cambridge, Maryland|Cambridge]]. The Choptank was deep enough to pose a formidable barrier to enslaved people fleeing north to freedom.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=danielled6514 |date=December 8, 2016 |title=32. Denton Steamboat Wharf |url=https://harriettubmanbyway.org/denton-steamboat-wharf/ |access-date=May 15, 2023 |website=Harriet Tubman Byway |language=en-US}}</ref> Irish-American abolitionist [[Hugh Hazlett]] and a group of escaped slaves were detained near the town in 1858, with a plaque commemorating the event.<ref name=":0" /> The steamship trade began in 1840s and ended in the 1920s. Steamships carried passengers and goods from Denton to Cambridge and other communities on the Chesapeake.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Don |title=Fate of the Choptank River Steamboats Joppa and Avalon {{!}} Caroline County Historical Society |url=https://carolinehistory.org/memories-of-joppa-and-avalon/ |access-date=May 16, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Museum of Rural Life]] interprets the agriculture-based heritage of the town and surrounding area. A historic steamboat pier is preserved in the town.<ref name=":0"/>
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