ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
![[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.
![[photo, Courthouse, 41605 Court House Drive, Leonardtown, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/sm/images/1198-1-3967.jpg)
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:
Circuit Court: www.mdcourts.gov/courtsdirectory/stmarys.html
College of Southern Maryland (Leonardtown campus): www.csmd.edu
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
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 Communications: www.stmarysmd.com/emergencycomm/index.asp
Finance Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/finance/index.asp
Health Dept.: www.smchd.org
Housing Authority: www.stmarysmd.com/housing/index.asp
Human Resources Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/hro/index.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.k12.md.us
Public Works & Transportation Dept.: www.stmarysmd.com/dpw
Recreation & Parks: www.stmarysmd.com/recreate
Register of Wills: http://registers.maryland.gov/main/stmarys.html
St. Mary's County: www.stmarysmd.com
Sheriff: www.firstsheriff.com
Social Services Dept.: http://dhr.maryland.gov/blog/local-offices/st-marys-county/
Southern Maryland Higher Education Center: www.smhec.org
Tourism Division: www.visitstmarysmd.com
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