St. Mary's County, Maryland

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St. Mary's County, Maryland is a historic county in southern Maryland known as the site of the state's first colonial settlement and capital, with a strong maritime and agricultural heritage along the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borders Calvert County, Maryland
Charles County, Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
colonialSettlement St. Mary's City, Maryland
contains California, Maryland
Charlotte Hall, Maryland
Great Mills, Maryland
Leonardtown, Maryland
Lexington Park, Maryland
Mechanicsville, Maryland
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Point Lookout State Park
St. Mary's City, Maryland
St. Mary's River
country United States
countySeat Leonardtown, Maryland
economy agriculture
defense and aerospace sector
fishing and aquaculture
establishedAsCounty 1637
FIPSCode 24037
founded 1637
GNISID 01713464
governmentType county government
hasHistoricSite Historic St. Mary's City
St. Clement's Island
St. Mary's County Courthouse in Leonardtown
hasInstitution College of Southern Maryland, Leonardtown Campus
St. Mary's College of Maryland
hasMajorEmployer United States Navy
hasMajorInstallation Naval Air Station Patuxent River
historicalSignificance site of first capital of colonial Maryland
site of first permanent English settlement in Maryland
knownFor agricultural heritage
early religious toleration in America
historic Catholic heritage
maritime heritage
oyster and seafood industry
tobacco farming history
locatedIn Chesapeake Bay region
Southern Maryland
namedAfter Mary, mother of Jesus
linked to: Virgin Mary
namedFor Queen Henrietta Maria of France
partOf Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
state Maryland
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Charles County, Maryland borderedBy St. Mary's County, Maryland
Calvert County, Maryland bordersCountyAcrossWater St. Mary's County, Maryland
Naval Air Systems Command headquartersLocation St. Mary’s County, Maryland
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Episcopal Diocese of Washington jurisdictionOver St. Mary's County, Maryland
Western Shore of Maryland includesCounty St. Mary's County
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Patuxent River flowsThrough St. Mary's County, Maryland
Southern Maryland hasCounty St. Mary’s County, Maryland
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Naval Air Station Patuxent River locatedIn St. Mary’s County, Maryland
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Dorchester County, Maryland borderedBy St. Marys County, Maryland
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Charlotte Hall Military Academy locatedInAdministrativeTerritory St. Mary’s County, Maryland
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Circuit Court for St. Mary's County county St. Mary's County
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Circuit Court for St. Mary's County jurisdictionOver St. Mary's County, Maryland
Dashiell Hammett placeOfBirth St. Mary’s County, Maryland, United States
linked to: St. Mary's County, Maryland
Maryland Route 4 passesThrough St. Mary's County, Maryland
Maryland's 5th congressional district contains St. Mary's County, Maryland
Maryland Route 5 passesThrough St. Mary's County, Maryland