Romancoke, Maryland

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|area_total_km2 = 4.96

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|population_total = 1855

|population_density_km2 = 564.43

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.91

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Romancoke is a census-designated place on Queen Anne's in Maryland, United States, located at the southern terminus of Maryland Route 8. Romancoke was changed from an unincorporated community to a census-designated place for the 2020 Census{{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerweb2020/|title=TIGERweb v18.0|publisher=Decennial IT Division for Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau.|access-date=26 February 2021}} listing a population of 1,855.{{Cite web|title=Romancoke CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2468265|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 13, 2022}} The name "Romancoke" comes from the Algonquian word for "circling of the water."{{cite web|url=http://www.leearchive.info/shelf/romancoke/index.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070613151431/http://www.leearchive.info/shelf/romancoke/index.html|url-status=dead|title=A Visit to A Colonial Estate, by Frederick S. Daniel|date=13 June 2007|archivedate=13 June 2007|accessdate=19 July 2018}} William Claiborne, who founded Kent Island, also had a plantation in Virginia named Romancoke.{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/Clairbornegen.html|title=Genealogy of the Claiborne Family of Virginia|first=Gayle|last=Austin|website=www.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=19 July 2018}}

Romancoke was once linked with Claiborne via the Romancoke-Claiborne ferry; however, the ferry service terminated on December 31, 1952. This was five months after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was opened. Today, Romancoke is almost purely residential and is part of Stevensville's postal area.