Whitehaven is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Wicomico County

Wicomico County, Maryland

As of the census of 2010, there were 98,733 people, 37,220 households, and 24,172 families residing in the county. The population density was 261.7 people per square mile . There were 41,192 housing units at an average density of 109.2 per square mile...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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Whitehaven is home to one of the few remaining public ferries in Maryland, and was once a thriving settlement which included stores, a shipyard, and the Whitehaven Hotel

Whitehaven Hotel

Whitehaven Hotel is a historic hotel located at Whitehaven, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It is a three-story, U-shaped, steeply pitches mansard-roofed Second Empire-style frame structure. The center core of the hotel is a Federal side hall / parlor dwelling, erected around 1810-1815...

. It is the location of the Whitehaven Historic District

Whitehaven Historic District

Whitehaven Historic District is a national historic district in Whitehaven, Wicomico County, Maryland. It is located at the end of Whitehaven Road on the north bank of the Wicomico River. The ferry that crosses the river here has been in continuous operation since 1688 or earlier...

.. The ferry runs between Whitehaven

Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England, which lies equidistant between the county's two largest settlements, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and is served by the Cumbrian Coast Line and the A595 road...

, Wicomico County and Mt. Vernon, Somerset County

Somerset County

- Australia :* the former name of Somerset Land District, Tasmania* Somerset County, Queensland- United States of America :* Somerset County, Maine* Somerset County, Maryland* Somerset County, New Jersey* Somerset County, Pennsylvania...

and takes approximately 5 minutes to make a crossing.