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St. Mary's County has the oldest documented sheriff's office in Maryland and one of the oldest in the United States. [11] In 1637, James Baldridge was appointed sheriff. Since 1776, sheriffs in St. Mary's County have been determined by election. Steven A. Hall is the current sheriff. He was sworn in on December 5, 2022.
Leonardtown is a town in and the county seat of St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. [2] The population was 4,563 at the 2020 census.. Historic Leonardtown includes both a large public high school and a public middle school Leonardtown Middle School as well as a Catholic high school and an elementary school Leonardtown Elementary School, offices of the county government, and St. Mary's ...
The community is served by the St. Mary's County Public Schools, including Chopticon High School. At the 2010 census, Mechanicsville had a population of 1,528. [3] The Amish community in the Mechanicsville area consists of eight church districts and approximately 1,000 people. The Amish first came to the area in 1940.
Charlotte Hall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles and St. Mary's counties, Maryland, United States.The population was 1,420 at the 2010 census. The Maryland Veterans Home for disabled veterans, is located on the site of the former Charlotte Hall Military Academy.
The county population has surpassed 100,000 in 2010. In addition, Southern Maryland is the fast-growing area in the state, and a very desirable bedroom community for people who work in the District of Columbia, but unlike neighboring Charles and Calvert counties, many in St. Mary's County both work and live in the county.
St. Mary's City (also known as Historic St. Mary's City) is a former colonial town that was founded in March 1634, as Maryland's first European settlement and capital. [5] It is now a state-run historic area, which includes a reconstruction of the original colonial settlement and a designated living history venue and museum complex.
Because of its appearance, seemingly like a storefront, the library was called a 'Reading Factory'. [3] East Lake was one of the last libraries built in a library 'building boom' that Minneapolis experienced starting in 1905 and ending in 1937. [4] The first East Lake remained until the mid-1970s when the need for a new, larger library grew.
St. Mary's College of Maryland is located on the original site of Maryland's first colony, St. Mary's City, [12] which was also the first capital of Maryland [13] and is considered to be the birthplace of religious freedom in America. [14] [15] Colonial St. Mary's City was actually only a town and at its peak had between 500 and 600 residents.