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===Subsequent counties=== After the Dutch Anglo war, the Dutch Republic lost their North American lands along the North & South Rivers (that is, along the Hudson & the Delaware). The Dutch colony (2 miles X 20 miles) along the Delaware Bay, became Durham County Maryland, With the county seat being Lewes, 1665 until 1669. In 1669 it became part of Somerset County until 1683 when it given to William Penn. In 1742, [[Worcester County, Maryland|Worcester County]] to the east and the ocean, was organized as the thirteenth county of Maryland by separation from Somerset County. By 1867, portions of Somerset and Worcester counties were ceded to create a 22nd jurisdiction, [[Wicomico County, Maryland|Wicomico County]]. (The state in 1872 created a 23rd and final county in the far mountainous west, named [[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett]].) The county has a number of properties on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Maryland|National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
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