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Salisbury (City of Maryland)

a city of Maryland, the county-seat of Wicomico co. It is on the Wicomico river and on the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic and the New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk railroads.

It has lumber mills, railroad repair shops, and canning factories. Other industries include the manufacture of flour, fertilizers, shirts and underwear, etc. Its institutions include a hospital and a home for the aged. Pop. (1910) 6,690; (1920) 7,553.