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Barclay is a small
crossroads community in agricultural northern Queen Anne’s
County at the intersection of Maryland Routes 313 and 302. The
town is comprised mostly of single family houses sheltering
approximately 150 people. It has several family-owned
businesses, the largest of which is Delmarva Sash and Door Co.,
Inc., which was founded in October 1942 and employs
approximately 125 people. Other businesses include a retail tire
outlet, a lawn and garden equipment repair shop, a burial vault
company, an automotive body shop, and a grocery/deli store.
The town is visited several times a week by trains of the
Maryland and Delaware Railroad Co. carrying grain, fertilizer,
paper, and lumber products. The railroad was integral to local
commerce in a former age when the town boasted a passenger
depot, a passenger boarding house, and a milk depot that served
area farmers.
The community was founded in 1873 as Merrikton and renamed
Barclay in 1890. The designation “Town of Barclay” came with the
town’s incorporation in February 1931. The town’s only employee
is a part-time clerk/treasurer who works closely with the town
commissioners in the daily operation of the town. |
