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St. Mary’s County, Maryland
Founded in 1637, St. Mary’s County is a county in the US state of Maryland. At the 2010 census, the population was 105,151. The county seat is Leonardtown. The name is in honor of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
St. Mary County includes the California-Lexington Park, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area. It is part of the southern region of Maryland. The county was home to the first colony of Maryland and the first capital of the colony of Maryland. Established by English Catholics, it is considered the birthplace of religious freedom in North America, at a time when the British colonies were mainly inhabited by Protestants.
The county is home to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station and St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Traditionally, St. Mary County is known for its unique and historic culture of the Chesapeake Bay tidal, fishing and crabbing communities. But with the advent of military bases, the growth of a broad defense contractor presence, and the growth of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, as well as a growing number of long-distance commuters in Washington, DC, is going through decades – Long transformation that will bring The county’s population has doubled since 1970.
Southern Maryland (SOMD)
Popularly used southern Maryland consists of the southernmost counties in the state on the “west shore” of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. This region includes all of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary counties, and sometimes the southern parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties. Although the southernmost counties in the state are actually on the Delmarva Peninsula, they are not included in most definitions of “southern Maryland.”