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Secretary at a glance
County
Dorchester County
County seat
Cambridge
Population
472
Dorchester County population
32,531
Local records
City of Secretary
ZIP codes
21664
About Secretary public records
Secretary, a place of 472 people, keeps its own council and town business records. Cambridge, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Dorchester County page lists each county office.
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Wage and hour cases in Secretary, Maryland
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 2 investigations with a Secretary address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $0 in back wages agreed for 0 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
Every employer whose address on the record is in Secretary, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Maryland wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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