Editing Cecil County, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Farm near Fair Hill MD.jpeg|thumb|right|Farmland near Fair Hill in northeastern Cecil County]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|418|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|346|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|72|sqmi}} (17%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_24.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913171515/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_24.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 12, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

Cecil County is in the northeast corner of Maryland, bounded on the north and east by the [[Mason–Dixon line]] with [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Delaware]]. The western border is defined by the lower reaches of the [[Susquehanna River]] and the northernmost coves, flats and tributaries of the [[Chesapeake Bay]]. On the south, the county is bounded by the [[Sassafras River]] and [[Kent County, Maryland]]. The county is part of the [[Delmarva Peninsula]] as well as Maryland's "[[Eastern Shore of Maryland|Eastern Shore]]."

Topographically, Cecil County straddles the border between the rolling hills of the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont Plateau]] north of [[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|U.S. Route 40]] and the flatlands of the [[Atlantic Coastal Plain]] to the south. The highest and most rugged hills are found in the northwestern and north-central parts of the county, reaching {{convert|534|ft|m}} just south of the [[Mason–Dixon line]] near [[Nottingham, Pennsylvania]] and just east of [[U.S. Route 1 in Maryland|U.S. Route 1]]. The lowest elevation is sea level along the [[Chesapeake Bay]].

Cecil County is primarily rural, with denser development around the county seat of [[Elkton, Maryland|Elkton]] and along U.S. Route 40. The county is bisected from east to west by the [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]], which connects the [[Delaware River]] to the [[Chesapeake Bay]] by way of the [[Elk River (Maryland)|Elk River]]. The canal passes through the town of [[Chesapeake City, Maryland|Chesapeake City]], where a [[Chesapeake City Bridge|high-level bridge]] facilitates the passage of large ships beneath [[Maryland Route 213]].

Cecil County is also bisected east-to-west by [[Interstate 95 in Maryland|Interstate 95]], known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in Maryland. The highway provides a major artery for traffic between the Baltimore-Washington area to the southwest and the [[Philadelphia]] and [[New York metropolitan area|New York]] and [[New Jersey]] regions to the northeast. The [[Office of Management and Budget]] has designated Cecil County as part of the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]] (north)
* [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]] (northwest)
* [[New Castle County, Delaware]] (east)
* [[Harford County, Maryland|Harford County]] (west)
* [[Kent County, Maryland|Kent County]] (south)

===Climate===
Cecil County has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') except in higher northern areas where a hot-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa'') exists. There are four distinct seasons and seven months average above {{convert|50|°F|°C|abbr=on}}.) The [[hardiness zone]] is mostly 7a.

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|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 41
|Feb high F = 45
|Mar high F = 55
|Apr high F = 66
|May high F = 76
|Jun high F = 84
|Jul high F = 88
|Aug high F = 85
|Sep high F = 79
|Oct high F = 68
|Nov high F = 57
|Dec high F = 46
|year high F= 66
|Jan low F = 23
|Feb low F = 25
|Mar low F = 32
|Apr low F = 41
|May low F = 51
|Jun low F = 60
|Jul low F = 65
|Aug low F = 64
|Sep low F = 57
|Oct low F = 44
|Nov low F = 34
|Dec low F = 28
|year low F= 44
|Jan record high F =  75
|Feb record high F =  79
|Mar record high F =  89
|Apr record high F =  94
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 100
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F =  90
|Nov record high F =  85
|Dec record high F =  75
|year record high F= 105
|Jan record low F = −10
|Feb record low F =  −8
|Mar record low F = 4
|Apr record low F =  14
|May record low F =  28
|Jun record low F =  38
|Jul record low F =  41
|Aug record low F = 42
|Sep record low F = 33
|Oct record low F =  23
|Nov record low F =  12
|Dec record low F = −6
|year record low F= −10
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|Jan precipitation inch = 3.47
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.73
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.04
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.53
|May precipitation inch = 4.41
|Jun precipitation inch =  4.06
|Jul precipitation inch =  4.49
|Aug precipitation inch =  4.01
|Sep precipitation inch =  4.28
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.38
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.39
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.56
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|Feb snow inch =  4.4
|Mar snow inch =  1.2
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|Sep snow inch =   0
|Oct snow inch =   0
|Nov snow inch =  0.4
|Dec snow inch = 2.3
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