Ironshire Boxiron - Named from bog's iron. Berlin - Built on land patented and named Burleigh Plantation by Col. William Stevens. A slurring of Burleigh or Burley Inn created the name Berlin which is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable. On the Nanticoke River, the town was originally called Waltersville after a resident. It as changed in 1887 when the post office was built.
Bivalves have two shells, like a clam or oyster.
Since oysters and oyster packing were the mainstay of the town it was named bivalve. Shelltown Dames Quarter - About 10 miles west of Princess Anne, Dames Quarter was known as Damned Quarter. The name was eventually changed to Dames Quarter. Chance Klej Grange - Halfway between Snow Hill and Pocomoke City, it was originally called Scratch Gravel, Turkey Trap, Traptown and Lindseyville. When an railroad was planned, the financier Joseph Drexel purchased acreage to industrialize.