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Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,894 at the 2020 U.S. Census . [ 3 ] It has been the site of a naval base specializing in gun and rocket propellants since 1890. [ 4 ]
Chapman State Park is a public recreation and historic preservation area bordering the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland.The state park preserves the mansion and grounds of Mount Aventine, the historic home of the Chapman family, who had significant ties to many of the Founding Fathers.
The Indian Head Rail Trail is a 13.1-mile (21.1 km), shared-use rail trail that runs from Indian Head, Maryland, to the White Plains, Maryland.It was built on the abandoned right-of-way of the old Cape Charles Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (NYP&N), which ran from 1910 to 1972.
The U.S. Navy's presence in Indian Head dates to 1890, when the Bureau of Ordnance dispatched Robert B. Dashiell to establish a naval ordnance center. [1] Dashiell served as Inspector in Charge of Ordnance there from 1890 to 1893. [2] During World War I, the facility served as Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head.
This is a list of the Maryland state historical markers in Charles County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Charles County, Maryland by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the MHT's ...
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The area consisted mostly of tobacco farms until the establishment of the Naval Proving Grounds at Indian Head in 1890. Some commercial establishments came about by the early 1920s, when the name "Bryans Road" first appeared on maps. [3] The construction of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) during World War II brought new
Mattawoman Creek is a 30.0-mile-long (48.3 km) [1] coastal-plain tributary to the tidal Potomac River with a mouth at Indian Head, Maryland, 20 miles (32 km) downstream of Washington, D.C. It comprises a 23-mile (37 km) river flowing through Prince George's and Charles counties and a 7-mile (11 km) tidal-freshwater estuary in Charles County.