Origin: Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne's counties (Chapter 10, Acts of 1773). Lady Caroline Eden gave her name to the county. She was the wife of Maryland's last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741-1784); the daughter of Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore; and the sister of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore.

• Chesapeake College
• Corrections Dept.
• County Government
• Emergency Management Dept
• Health Dept.
• Job Service
• Library
• Planning & Codes Administration Dept.
• Public Defender
• Public Schools
• Public Works Dept.
• Recreation & Parks Dept.
• Register of Wills
• Sheriff
• Social Services Dept.
• State's Attorney