Editing Vienna, Maryland (section)

==History==
Prior to [[European colonization of the Americas|European colonization]], a [[Nanticoke people|Nanticoke]] town called "Chicacone" existed where Vienna is now located. The Nanticokes are an [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] people. Chicacone was the largest Nanticoke settlement at the time of [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]]'s exploration of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kentcountyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The-Early-Indians-of-Kent-County.pdf |title=The Early Indians of Kent County |publisher=Historical Society of Kent County |access-date=February 22, 2020}}</ref> By 1742, ongoing violations of Indian reservation rights by English colonizers caused the Nanticoke people to abandon Chicacone. In 1768–69, the Colony of Maryland dissolved the Nanticoke reservation. Many of the Nanticokes of Chicacone migrated north to [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and [[Canada]], while others stayed and assimilated into the white or black communities of lower [[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]] and [[Wicomico County, Maryland|Wicomico]] counties.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 10, 2019 |url=https://baytobaynews.com/stories/usna-midshipman-to-visit-chicone-village,26558 |title=USNA Midshipman to visit Chicone Village |newspaper=Dorchester Banner |access-date=March 31, 2023 }}</ref>

Vienna was founded in 1706. It thrived on trade, shipbuilding and tobacco farming. The wreck of a 45-foot cargo ship that was likely built at a small shipyard or plantation in Maryland was found in 2015 under the US 50 Bridge over the [[Nanticoke River]]. Charring suggests it was torched by British sympathizers in the 1780s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moore |first=Elizabeth Armstrong |title=Workers Removing Debris Find 18th-Century Shipwreck |url=http://www.newser.com/story/211828/workers-removing-debris-find-18th-century-shipwreck.html|website=[[Newser]] |access-date=September 28, 2015|date=August 25, 2015 }}</ref> The British raided the town repeatedly during the [[American Revolutionary War]], and again during the [[War of 1812]]. This led to the building of a wall across the city's waterfront on the Nanticoke River. This wall is in ruins today.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Vienna, Maryland|url=http://www.viennamd.org/legacy.html|work=The Town of Vienna, Maryland|publisher=Town of Vienna, Maryland|access-date=August 11, 2013|date=January 2011}}</ref> [[Handsell]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a|refnum=08000216}}</ref>

Vienna was incorporated in 1833.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Vienna-Maryland.html |title= Vienna, Maryland |publisher= Town City-Data.com |access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref>