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Bivalve
Bivalve is located in Maryland
Bivalve
Bivalve
Location in Maryland
Bivalve is located in the United States
Bivalve
Bivalve
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Maryland
County Wicomico
Area
 • Total 1.49 sq mi (3.87 km2)
 • Land 1.45 sq mi (3.77 km2)
 • Water 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation
13 ft (4 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 185
 • Density 127.24/sq mi (49.12/km2)
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21814
Area codes 410 & 443
FIPS code 24-07675
GNIS feature ID 589760

Bivalve is an unincorporated community and census-designated place along the eastern shore of the lower Nanticoke River, near its mouth on the Chesapeake Bay, in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 201 as of the 2010 census. Bivalve takes its name from the oyster, upon which the town's economy once depended. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Yellow Brick House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2020 185
U.S. Decennial Census

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