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Charles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 166,617. [1] The county seat is La Plata. [2] The county was named for Charles Calvert (1637–1715), third Baron Baltimore.
English: This is a locator map showing Charles County in Maryland. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Within Maryland the county is the default unit of local government. Under Maryland law, counties exercise powers reserved in most other states at the municipal or state levels. [4] Many of the state's most populous and economically important communities, such as Bethesda, Silver Spring, Columbia, and Towson are unincorporated and receive their ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Maryland Route 6 is the main east-west highway serving La Plata, following Port Tobacco Road and Charles Street through town. From La Plata, MD 6 heads west to Port Tobacco and continues east to Charlotte Hall. Maryland Route 225 follows Hawthorne Road westward from US 301 in La Plata, eventually reaching Maryland Route 210 near Indian Head.
MD 6 connects several small communities in southern Charles County and northern St. Mary's County with U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in La Plata, the county seat of Charles County, and MD 5 in Charlotte Hall. The state highway also provides access to multiple historic sites around Port Tobacco, the original county seat of Charles County.
Maryland Route 224 (MD 224) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.The highway runs 26.70 miles (42.97 km) from MD 6 at Riverside north to MD 227 at Pomonkey.MD 224 is a C-shaped route that mostly parallels the Potomac River through southwestern Charles County.
Maryland Route 254 (MD 254) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Cobb Island Road, the state highway runs 1.25 miles (2.01 km) from Cobb Island north to MD 257 near Rock Point. MD 254 connects the mainland to Cobb Island, which was originally established as a summer resort in the early 1920s, at the southern end of Charles ...