Editing Pocomoke City, Maryland (section)

==Municipal status==
References to the municipality's status as a city or town varies according to sources. The [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] accounts Pocomoke City a city,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|df=mdy-all|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> while official state documents differ. According to the Maryland State Archives, many more official documents refer to the "Town of Pocomoke City" than to the "City of Pocomoke City." The most recent references to the "Town" are from 1963, however, while the most recent references to the "City", which come from its Charter, are from 1990.<ref>[http://query.mdarchives.state.md.us/search?site=aom_coll&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=mdarchives_FE&proxystylesheet=mdarchives_FE&filter=0&sort=score&config=aom&q=%22town+of+pocomoke+city%22&x=23&y=16 Search results for "Town of Pocomoke City"], Maryland Archives. Retrieved April 14, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://query.mdarchives.state.md.us/search?site=aom_coll&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=mdarchives_FE&proxystylesheet=mdarchives_FE&filter=0&sort=score&config=aom&q=%22city+of+pocomoke+city%22&x=23&y=16 Search results for "City of Pocomoke City"], Maryland Archives, accessed 2008-04-14.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pocomoke City Charter |work=Pocomoke City, Maryland |format=PDF |url=http://cityofpocomoke.com/vertical/Sites/%7B9BA88CCE-156B-479A-BB0C-5264A01FC915%7D/uploads/%7B097ECD64-F838-4449-895A-710774D3F41A%7D.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813160440/http://cityofpocomoke.com/vertical/Sites/%7B9BA88CCE-156B-479A-BB0C-5264A01FC915%7D/uploads/%7B097ECD64-F838-4449-895A-710774D3F41A%7D.PDF |df=mdy-all |archive-date=2011-08-13}}</ref> Other sources also differ: the Maryland Manual Online calls it as a city,<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/pocomoke/html/p.html Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113130525/http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/pocomoke/html/p.html |df=mdy-all |date=2012-11-13}}, Maryland Archives, April 16, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2008.</ref> while the Maryland Municipal League speaks of it as a town.<ref>[http://www.mdmunicipal.org/cities/PocomokeCity/..%5Cindex.cfm?townname=PocomokeCity&page=home Pocomoke City, Maryland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113445/http://www.mdmunicipal.org/cities/index.cfm?townname=PocomokeCity&page=home |date=March 7, 2008 }}, Maryland Municipal League. Retrieved April 14, 2008.</ref> While cities and towns are significantly different in some states, Maryland's cities and towns, classed simply as "municipalities", are treated equally in state law.<ref>[http://www.michie.com/maryland/lpExt.dll?f=templates&eMail=Y&fn=main-h.htm&cp=mdcode/2476c/247ca/247d8/247d9 Article 23A §10 of the Maryland Code] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207015139/http://www.michie.com/maryland/lpExt.dll?f=templates&eMail=Y&fn=main-h.htm&cp=mdcode%2F2476c%2F247ca%2F247d8%2F247d9 |date=February 7, 2012 }}, enacted 1955, from Michie's Legal Resources.</ref>