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La Plata (/ l ə ˈ p l eɪ t ə / lə-PLAY-tə) [3] is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 10,159 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is the county seat of Charles County.
The 2002 La Plata tornado (/ l ə ˈ p l eɪ t ə / lə-PLAY-tə) [3] was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, [4] killing 3 people and injuring 122 others. [5] [6] It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002, causing at least $115 million in ...
La Plata vicinity: part of the Tobacco Barns of Southern Maryland MPS: 12: La Grange: La Grange: October 22, 1976 : Maryland Route 6, west of U.S. Route 301: La Plata: 13: Linden: Linden: November 23, 1977 : North of Port Tobacco on Mitchell Rd.
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A small portion of the town's square incorporated in 1888 as Port Tobacco Village, [7] [8] a move that may have signaled an effort by the community to reverse its decline, but new communities eventually sprang up along the railway and prospered, including the town of La Plata which succeeded Port Tobacco as the county seat in 1895.
MD 6 follows the Port Tobacco River northeast, then veers east when Valley Road splits to the north. The state highway passes another historic home, La Grange, before entering the town of La Plata. [1] [2] MD 6 intersects US 301 (Robert Crain Highway) on the west side of downtown La Plata.
MD 225 enters the town of La Plata, passing through a residential area before heading south of a park and ride lot and reaching its eastern terminus at US 301 (Robert Crain Highway) in a commercial area. The roadway continues east as Hawthorne Drive, the old alignment of MD 225, east to Washington Avenue, the old alignment of US 301. [1] [2]
Map of the United States with Maryland highlighted. Maryland is a state located in the Southern United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States census, Maryland is the 18th-most populous state with 6,177,224 inhabitants and the ninth-smallest by land area, spanning 9,707.24 square miles (25,141.6 km 2) of land. [2]