ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
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![[County Seal, St. Mary's County, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/sm/images/1198-1-899b.gif)
Origin: What would become St. Mary's County was land where the Conoy Indians lived. Here, the settlement of Lord Baltimore's Maryland began with the arrival of the passengers who had set sail on the Ark and the Dove from Cowes, England, on November 22, 1633. They landed at St. Clement's Island in the Potomac River on the southwestern side of present-day St. Mary's County on March 25, 1634. The date of their landing is commemorated annually as Maryland Day.
Established in 1637 (probably by an order of the Governor), St. Mary's, the first Maryland county, was named in honor of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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Boundaries: Bounded north & west by Charles County & Wicomico River; northeast by Chesapeake Bay & Patuxent River; south & southwest by Potomac River.
County Code
County Seat: Leonardtown, MD 20650
Form of Government: County Commissioners
Population: 1990 census: 75,974; 2000 census: 86,211; 2010 census: 105,151
Courthouse, 41605 Court House Drive, Leonardtown, Maryland, May 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
websites:
Aging & Human Services: www.stmarysmd.com/aging/
Airport: www.stmarysmd.com/dpw/Airportinfo.asp
Animal Control: www.stmarysmd.com/est/animalcontrol.asp
Appeals, Board of: www.stmarysmd.com/voluntr/Board%20of%20Appeals.asp
Building Services: www.stmarysmd.com/dpw/BuildingServicesOverview.asp
Circuit Court: www.stmarysmd.com/Circuit%20Court.asp
College of Southern Maryland (Leonardtown campus): www.csmd.edu/about/locations/leonardtown-campus/
Corrections Division: www.firstsheriff.com/corrections.asp
County Administrator: www.stmarysmd.com/countyadmin.asp
County Attorney: www.stmarysmd.com/countyattorney/index.asp
County Commissioners: www.stmarysmd.com/bocc.asp
County Government: www.stmarysmd.com/government.asp
County Government Directory: www.stmarysmd.com/contactdirectory.asp
County Treasurer: www.stmarysmd.com/treasurer/index.asp
District Court: www.mdcourts.gov/district/directories/courtmap.html#STMARYS
Economic & Community Development Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/ded/
Elections Board: www.stmarysmd.com/supervisorofelections/
Emergency Services & Technology Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/est
Ethics Commission: www.stmarysmd.com/voluntr/ethics.asp
Finance Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/finance/index.asp
Geographic Information Systems: www.stmarysmd.com/gis/index.asp
Health Dept.: www.smchd.org/
Housing Authority: http://stmaryshousing.org/
Human Resources Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/hro/index.asp
Information Technology: www.stmarysmd.com/est/it.asp
Job Service: www.dllr.state.md.us/county/stmarys/
Land Use & Growth Management Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/lugm/
Library: www.stmalib.org/
Public Information Office: www.stmarysmd.com/pio/
Public Schools: www.smcps.org/
Public Works & Transportation Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/dpw/
Recreation & Parks: www.stmarysmd.com/recreate/
Recycling: www.stmarysmd.com/dpw/Recycleprograms.asp
Register of Wills: http://registers.maryland.gov/main/stmarys.html
St. Mary's County: www.stmarysmd.com/
Sheriff's Office: www.firstsheriff.com/
Social Services Dept.: http://dhr.maryland.gov/local-offices/st-marys-county/
Southern Maryland Higher Education Center: www.smhec.org/
State's Attorney: www.stmarysmd.com/sao/
Tourism Division: www.visitstmarysmd.com/
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