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Charles County, Maryland

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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42historic places

—earliest paper

1658formed

166,617pop. 2020

37cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 42 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Port Tobacco, La Plata, Pomfret.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maryland is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Charles titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 42 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

42 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Acquinsicke	Pomfret	Building	1992
Araby	Mason's Springs	Building	1974
Bel Alton High School	Bel Alton	Building	2025
Bryantown Historic District	Bryantown	District	1985
Cedar Grove	La Plata	Building	1979
Ellerslie	Port Tobacco	Building	1979
Exchange, The	La Plata	Building	1984
Green's Inheritance	Pomfret	Building	1977
Habre-de-Venture; Thomas Stone National Historic Site NHL	Port Tobacco	Building	1972
Hermitage, The	La Plata	Building	1998
Hughesville Commercial and Tobacco Warehouse Historic District	Hughesville	District	2025
Johnsontown Tobacco Barn No. 2	La Plata	Building	2011
La Grange	La Plata	Building	1976
Linden	Port Tobacco	Building	1977
Lindens, The	Bryantown	Building	1990
Locust Grove	La Plata	Building	1978
Mallows Bay-Widewater Historic and Archeological District	Nanjemoy	District	2015
Marshall Hall	Bryan's Road	Building	1976
Maxwell Hall	Patuxent	Building	1974
McPherson's Purchase	Pomfret	Building	1985
Mount Air	Faulkner	Building	1978
Mount Aventine	Bryans Road	District	1996
Mt. Carmel Monastery	Port Tobacco	Building	1973
Oak Grove	La Plata	Building	1983
Oakland	Bryantown	Building	1983
Pleasant Hill	Pomfret	Building	1997
Pomonkey Historic District	Pomonkey	District	2024
Port Tobacco Historic District	Port Tobacco	District	1989
Retreat	Port Tobacco	Building	1988
Rich Hill	Bel Alton	Building	1975
Rose Hill	Port Tobacco	Building	1973
Rosemary Lawn	Welcome	Building	1992
Sarum	Newport	Building	1974
Spye Park	White Plains	Building	1990
St. Catharine	Waldorf	Building	1974
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport	Newport	Building	1991
St. Thomas Manor	Port Tobacco	Building	1988
Stagg Hall	Port Tobacco	Building	1988
Thainston	La Plata	District	1990
Timber Neck Farm	Faulkner	District	1979
Truman's Place	Hughesville	Building	1988
Waverley	Morgantown	Building	1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Charles was formed in 1658 (1658-04-13) from St.

CHARLES created from ST. MARYS; territorial limits not specified, and boundaries are estimated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Charles County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
20,613	19,172	16,500	16,023	16,517	18,548	17,662	17,705	17,612	23,415	32,572	72,751	120,546	166,617

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	National Historic Site	6.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

37 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 37 of 37 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alexandria Cemetery	38.53634	-77.19947
Chicamuxen Cemetery	38.53475	-77.22109
Christ Church Durham Parish Cemetery	38.47297	-77.15439
Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery	38.37239	-76.92684
Holy Ghost Cemetery	38.28976	-76.88414
King James Baptist Church Cemetery	38.42947	-77.19821
Macedonia Cemetery	38.63967	-77.07082
Marbury Baptist Church Cemetery	38.56877	-77.15295
Marshall Cemetery	38.68492	-77.09743
Metropolitan United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.61876	-77.07759
Mount Carmel Cemetery	38.55621	-77.0006
Mount Rest Cemetery	38.53253	-76.96457
Oak Grove Cemetery	38.40392	-77.183
Old Christ Church Cemetery	38.35366	-76.93835
Old Fields Episcopal Church Cemetery	38.54085	-76.76071
Park Hill Cemetery	38.57389	-77.15774
Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.54137	-77.13366
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery	38.55906	-77.16614
Sacred Heart Cemetery	38.52161	-76.9771
Saint Catherines of Alexandria Cemetery	38.50243	-77.05859
Saint Charles Cemetery	38.60067	-77.13498
Saint Ignatius Cemetery	38.46532	-77.02427
Saint Ignatius of Loyola Cemetery	38.48423	-77.14026
Saint John's Episcopal Chapel Cemetery	38.59793	-77.07858
Saint Josephs Cemetery	38.58699	-77.0239
Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery	38.53902	-76.83906
Saint Marys Catholic Church Cemetery	38.43493	-76.91088
Saint Pauls Piney Church Cemetery	38.58747	-76.90092
Saint Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery	38.61975	-76.86512
Shiloh Cemetery	38.62991	-77.06227
Shiloh Community Church Cemetery	38.36901	-76.92414
Smith Chapel Cemetery	38.53289	-77.11136
Society of Friends Cemetery	38.5311	-76.7823
Trinity Church Cemetery	38.44985	-76.86469
Trinity Memorial Gardens	38.62595	-76.87664
Zion Baptist Church Cemetery	38.48985	-77.12164
Zion Wesley United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.63401	-76.92311

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
Bristol	38.47012	-77.02609
Cherryfield	38.36846	-77.22192
Grafton	38.4404	-77.19887
Jacksontown	38.47846	-77.22304
Spring Hill	38.49151	-76.98581
Stilltown	38.47651	-76.8233
Winthrop	38.55262	-77.23193

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Aquia Creek	2,552	27.1 km	VA002

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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