Editing Cordova, Maryland (section)

==History==
Just north of town, [[Talbot County, Maryland#St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church|St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church]] was founded on a farm in 1765.<ref>{{cite book|last=Weeks|first=Christopher|title=Where Land and Water Intertwine|year=1984|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore, MD|isbn=0-8018-3165-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/wherelandwaterin00week/page/42 42]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/wherelandwaterin00week/page/42}}</ref>
[[File:2022-06-21 15 56 07 View north along Maryland State Route 303 (Tappers Corner Road) from an abandoned railroad overpass just north of Maryland State Route 309 (Cordova Road) in Cordova, Talbot County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|'''View north along Maryland State Route 303 (Tappers Corner Road)''']]
Tapper's Corner Road runs east of town to Lewistown Road, near the head of a creek which flows ({{Coord|38.8845|-75.958|region:US-WI_type:landmark|display=inline}}) into the [[Tuckahoe Creek|Tuckahoe]]; this creek was called Kentucky, nearby once stood the cabin of Betsey Bailey, the grandmother of [[Frederick Douglass]]; he believed he was born there.<ref>Barker, Amanda. [1996]. "[http://www.choptankriverheritage.org/douglass/ The Search for Frederick Douglass' Birthplace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207140622/http://www.choptankriverheritage.org/douglass/|date=December 7, 2014}}. ''Choptank River Heritage''. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

Although Barker's website devoted to the Douglass birthplace states that it could not be found with tour books and guides, that is no longer the case.</ref>

A gas station on the main road operated for many years. Remnants of the service station still stand. Many homes located within the village center were built by ordering from [[Sears Modern Homes|Sears]]. Lumber was shipped to Cordova via the railroad in the 1920s and 1930s. At one time the town had a doctors office and general store that are now homes. This town had a cannery and chicken processing plant.

Since 1962, the Cordova Volunteer Fireman's Association has held a 3-night country fair starting the first Thursday of August on the grounds behind the firehouse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fluharty |first=Erin |date=2012-07-31 |title=Cordova fair celebrates 50th year |url=https://www.stardem.com/news/local_news/cordova-fair-celebrates-50th-year/article_1f6c3f3a-dac9-11e1-b55e-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=The Star Democrat |language=en}}</ref>

On May 18, 1995, an [[Fujita scale|F2]] [[tornado]] touched down in the town and left a 10-mile path of destruction with over $1 million in damage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=Maryland 1995 Tornadoes |url=https://www.weather.gov/lwx/events_mdtor95 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref>