Sinepuxent, Maryland

E357751

former populated place historic community person

Sinepuxent, Maryland was a historic coastal community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, now largely vanished, best known as the birthplace of U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Sinepuxent, Maryland canonical	3

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former populated place ⓘ historic community ⓘ person ⓘ
associatedWith	United States Navy history ⓘ War of 1812 (via Stephen Decatur) ⓘ
birthPlace	Sinepuxent, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
geographicFeatureType	coastal community ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	derived from Sinepuxent Bay ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Stephen Decatur ⓘ
historicalEra	18th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Colony of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Colonial Maryland
historicalSignificance	early American maritime community ⓘ
knownFor	birthplace of Stephen Decatur ⓘ historic coastal settlement ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Shore of Maryland ⓘ Maryland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Worcester County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Assateague Island barrier spit ⓘ surface form: Assateague Island Ocean City, Maryland ⓘ Sinepuxent Bay ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Sinepuxent Bay ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
notableFor	hero of the First Barbary War ⓘ hero of the War of 1812 ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ
partOf	Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ coastal communities of Maryland ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	coastal shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
status	largely vanished ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephen Decatur → placeOfBirth → Sinepuxent, Maryland ⓘ

Stephen → birthPlace → Sinepuxent, Maryland ⓘ

subject surface form: Stephen Decatur

Sinepuxent, Maryland → birthPlace → Sinepuxent, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Stephen Decatur