Description
Located 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Ocean City, 26 km (16 mi) E of Salisbury, 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Snow Hill. (US-T121)
History
Two conflicting threories exist regarding the name origin of Whaleyville. Hamill Kenny states in The Placenames of Maryland: Their Origin and Meaning (p 289) that this community was named for Captain Seth Whaley who settled here in the 1700s. Marion J. Kaminkow states in Maryland A to Z: A Topographical Dictionary (p 353) that the community was named approximately 1820 for Captain Peter Whaley. (US-T121)