Southern Maryland

Southern Maryland, also referred to as SoMD, is a geographical, cultural and historic region in Maryland composed of the state's southernmost counties on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. According to the state of Maryland, the region includes all of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties and the southern portions of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties.<ref name="msa.maryland.gov"/> It is largely coterminous with the region of Maryland that is part of the Washington metropolitan area.<ref name="MarkMiller" /> Portions of the region are also part of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the California-Lexington Park Metropolitan Statistical Area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of the 2020 Census, the region had a population of 373,177.<ref name="census"/><ref name="ChCo" /><ref name="CalCo" /><ref name="SMCo" /> The largest community in Southern Maryland is Waldorf, with a population of 81,410 as of the 2020 Census.<ref name="Waldorf">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Waldorf2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Initially inhabited by the indigenous Piscataway people, the first European settlement in Southern Maryland (and the state as a whole) was established in St. Mary's City in 1634.<ref name="MDColony" /> While the settlement was intended to be a Catholic refuge, religious strife was prominent in Maryland's early years. The passage of the Maryland Toleration Act in 1649 resulted in St. Mary's City being cited as the birthplace of religious freedom in North America.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The area developed an agricultural economy based on tobacco with labor sourced from indentured servants and slaves.<ref name="NPS" /><ref name="MSA" /> The War of 1812 saw military action in the region during the British campaign to capture Washington, while the American Civil War saw the end of slavery in Maryland and John Wilkes Booth fleeing through the region following the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Much of the area remains rural with agriculture still playing a large role in the region's economy.<ref name="Farm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite this, the region has seen large suburban growth and development in the late 20th and early 21st centuries as urban sprawl from nearby Washington, D.C., expands southward.<ref name="MarkMiller">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="MDDepNR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2023, the region was designated as the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area.<ref name="NHAMoore">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Geography

A Tidal Estuary in Mattawoman Creek

Counties located in Southern Maryland include Calvert County, Charles County, St. Mary's County, and the southern portions of Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County. The region's northern boundary passes through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County,<ref name="msa.maryland.gov"/> east of Washington. Its eastern boundary is the Chesapeake Bay and its southern and western boundary is the Potomac River, Maryland's boundary with Virginia (and through it, the Northern Neck).

The Patuxent River runs through Southern Maryland, separating Calvert County and Anne Arundel County from Charles County, Prince George's County and St. Mary's County.

Land features in Southern Maryland include the St. Mary's Peninsula and the Calvert Peninsula.

Geologic formations of the Chesapeake Group can be found in Southern Maryland, including the Calvert Formation, the St. Marys Formation, and the Choptank Formation. Many of these formations are present at the Calvert Cliffs State Park in Calvert County.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Southern Maryland is within the Atlantic Coastal Plain physiographic region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Colonial era

Leonard Calvert, first Proprietary Governor of the Maryland Colony

Southern Maryland was originally inhabited by the indigenous Piscataway people.<ref name="Piscataway">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WhereMarylandBegan" /> English explorer Captain John Smith explored the area in 1608 and 1609.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cecilius Calvert was granted a charter to establish a colony meant to be a safe-haven for Catholics in 1632. Expeditions were launched into modern day Maryland, with an expedition reaching St. Clement's Island in 1634.<ref name="WhereMarylandBegan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="MDColony">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later that year, the Maryland Colony was established by Leonard Calvert, first Governor of Maryland and brother of Cecilius. The colony's capital, and first settlement, was the newly established St. Mary's City.<ref name="NPS"/> The colony originally focused on tobacco farming and was very successful although disease was a problem and many settlers died until immunities built up in the population. Religious tensions and also periods of open conflict also continued to be a major challenge.

St. Mary's City is widely considered to be the birthplace of religious freedom in North America.<ref>"Reconstructing the Brick Chapel of 1667" Page 1, See section entitled "The Birthplace of Religious Freedom" {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WhereMarylandBegan" /> The colony there started under a mandate of religious tolerance in a time when England was anything but religiously tolerant. This was due to the colony's charter, which did not prohibit non-protestant churches.<ref name="NPS"/> In 1649, the Maryland Colonial Assembly passed of one of the earliest laws requiring religious tolerance, known as the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After 61 years as Maryland's capital an uprising of Protestants put an end to religious tolerance, overthrowing the old Catholic leadership and putting an end to colonial St. Mary's City itself, moving the colonial capital to Annapolis.<ref>"ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND: HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY", Maryland Manual Online, Maryland State Archives, Government of the State of Maryland, http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/sm/chron/html/smchron.html</ref><ref name="Maclear, J.F. 1995">Maclear, J.F. (1995). Church and State in the Modern Age: A Documentary History. New York: Oxford University Press US. Template:ISBN</ref><ref name="Paul Boyer page 70">"The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Volume I: To 1877", By Paul Boyer, Clifford Clark, Karen Halttunen, Sandra Hawley, Joseph Kett, "Chapter: 4 The Bonds of Empire: 1660-1740" page 70, Cengage Learning, publisher, Jan 1, 2012,</ref><ref name="WhereMarylandBegan" />

Plantation economy and slavery

A painting of Charles Calvert with a slave by John Hesselius. Charles Calvert was the eldest son of Benedict Swingate Calvert, who was the third Proprietary Governor of Maryland.

St. Mary's City was abandoned as a capital but was slowly consolidated from smaller farms into a large, single slave plantation by the late 1600s.<ref>Frank D. Roylance, Evening Sun, "They're unearthing more than a chapel at St. Mary's site BURIED PAST", November 13, 1990 [1]</ref><ref name="darkroom.baltimoresun.com">Kenneth K. Lam, "Unearthing early American life in St. Mary’s City: St. Mary’s City is an archaeological jewel on Maryland’s Western Shore", The Baltimore Sun, Aug 30, 2013, http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2013/08/unearthing-early-american-life-in-st-marys-city/#1</ref> Originally, laborers were Indentured Servants, with African slaves arriving in 1639.<ref name="MDColony"/> Tobacco and (later) also wheat plantations expanded there<ref name="darkroom.baltimoresun.com"/> and in Southern Maryland as a whole during the slavery era. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade brought African slaves by the boatloads, with 100,000 slaves disembarking in Maryland during the century before the American Revolution.<ref name="MSA"/> From the late 1600s to early 1700s, about half of Maryland's enslaved population lived in Calvert, St Mary's, Prince George's, and Charles counties.<ref name="NPS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By 1755, one third of Maryland's population were enslaved Africans.<ref name="MSA"/> Slavery proved vital to Maryland's economy, with the institution providing the foundation for Maryland's economy and society.<ref name="MSA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The profits from slavery also provided the means for Maryland's gentry to gain power and dominate politics.<ref name="MSA" />

272 slaves from across Maryland, including the Southern Maryland counties of Charles, St. Mary's, and Prince George's, were sold during the 1838 Jesuit slave sale to two planters in Louisiana.<ref name="js">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A notable abolitionist from southern Maryland was Josiah Henson, a slave who was born in Charles County before escaping to Canada. Henson wrote an autobiography that inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.<ref name="SOMDNHA" /> Slavery ended in Maryland in November 1864 during the American Civil War, when Maryland ratified a new Constitution that abolished slavery.<ref name="MSA" />

The American Revolution and the War of 1812

During the American Revolutionary War, British forces landed on St. George Island in St. Mary's County on July 15, 1776, under the command of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore.<ref name="SomdWar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dunmore's forces were defeated by local Flying Camp militia led by Captain Rezin Beall, and they left the island on August 9, 1776.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the war, American slaves throughout the Chesapeake region flocked to British lines following Dunmore's Proclamation, which promised freedom for slaves who fought for the British military.<ref name="MSA"/>

Due to Southern Maryland's proximity to the national capitol, the region was deeply affected by the War of 1812, with the war severely disrupting the lives of the region's citizens.<ref name="SomdWar"/> During August and September 1814, the British launched a campaign in the Chesapeake region. British forces landed in Benedict, Charles County on August 19, 1814.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Intent on marching to Washington, the British marched to Upper Marlboro before engaging American troops at the Battle of Bladensburg. The battle resulted in a British victory. By nightfall on August 24, 1814, British forces entered Washington and burned several government buildings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The British then marched back to Benedict.<ref name="PL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Similarly to what occurred in the Revolutionary War, enslaved Marylanders fled to British controlled areas to receive freedom.<ref name="MSA" />

American Civil War

A large portion of John Wilkes Booth's escape route following the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln runs through Southern Maryland

During the American Civil War, wartime sympathies were divided in Maryland<ref name="ACW" /><ref>"Civil War in Maryland: Southern Sympathizers", Maryland State Archives, June 25, 2004, http://teaching.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000000/000114/html/t114.html</ref> and Southern Maryland was sympathetic to the Confederates next to Maryland's Eastern Shore. From the war's beginning, however, large numbers of Union occupying troops and patrolling river gunboats prevented the state's secession, although frequent nighttime smuggling across the Potomac River with Virginia took place, including of Maryland men volunteering for Confederate service. John Wilkes Booth was helped by several people in his escape through the area and in crossing the river after killing President Abraham Lincoln.<ref name="Mudd">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ACW">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Thousands of captured Confederate troops were confined in harsh conditions at Point Lookout Prison Camp at the southern tip of the peninsula.<ref name="PL2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the war, in November 1863, Maryland ratified a new state Constitution which abolished slavery in the state.<ref name="MSA" />

Transition to modern era

Southern Maryland was traditionally a rural, agricultural, oyster fishing and crabbing region; linked by passenger and freight steamboat routes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> These steamboat routes operated on the Chesapeake Bay and major rivers until the 1930s before the building of highways and the Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge on U.S. Highway 301. (The latter highway was named after Robert Crain, an attorney who owned the state's largest farm, Mount Victoria, and who campaigned for the road's construction<ref name="crain">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>). Weekend excursion boats also carried Washingtonians to small amusement parks and amusement pavilions at numerous Potomac shore locations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 1949 (1943 in some places) to 1968, the region was known for its poverty and its slot machine gambling.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Modernizing St. Mary's County

Poverty was common in St. Mary's County in the 1960s,<ref name="somdnews.com">"Raley remembered as architect of modern St. Mary’s: Former state senator dies at 85; slots ended, bridge created through his work", Jason Babcock, Staff writer http://www.somdnews.com/article/20120822/NEWS/708229616/1044/news&source=RSS&template=gazette</ref> and gambling in the region came to be seen as a blight and was outlawed by Governor J. Millard Tawes and the state legislature.<ref name="ww2.somdnews.com">"For 21 years, slot machines ruled in St. Mary’s", Jason Babcock, Southern Maryland Newspapers, Wednesday, July 26, 2006, http://ww2.somdnews.com/stories/072606/entefea172603_32091.shtml Template:Webarchive</ref> A local political figure, St. Mary's County politician J. Frank Raley Jr. organized a slate of local candidates with the platform of challenging the political status-quo and lifting the region out of its generations long poverty.<ref name="ww2.somdnews.com"/>

The region's isolation was ended by having a series of bridges built and roads expanded into highways.<ref name="somdnews.com"/><ref name="ReferenceA">"J. Frank Raley, 85, St. Mary’s City", Southern Maryland News, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 http://www.somdnews.com/article/20120822/misc/708229670/-1/j-frank-raley-85-st-mary-s-city&template=southernmaryland Template:Webarchive</ref> These developments are credited for enabling the development of modern St. Mary's County.<ref name="somdnews.com"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Raley was falsely accused of working to end gambling outright in the region,<ref name="ww2.somdnews.com"/> which ended in his defeat and his official political career.<ref name="ww2.somdnews.com"/> In fact he had supported a referendum on gambling which would have put the decision directly in the hands of voters.<ref name="ww2.somdnews.com"/> He continued nevertheless lobbying on behalf of the Southern Maryland region and sitting on development boards and continued to have a major influence on economic development in the region for the rest of his life.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Population and economy

A Boeing VC-25, commonly known as Air Force One, taking off from Joint Base Andrews

Since the 1980s, the region experienced suburban development as the Washington suburbs expanded southward.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Lincoln">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Layton">Template:Cite news</ref> This expansion took place primarily in Prince George's County, and around Waldorf (a regional shopping hub) and St. Charles (a planned community in Charles County), Lexington Park (St. Mary's County) and Prince Frederick (Calvert County). Much of the area remains rural, a mixture of forest and farmland, despite suburban growth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="rural">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="cal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This suburban growth has occurred and continued despite concerns from locals and environmental advocates.<ref name="Layton" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Many southern Marylanders work for the United States Armed Forces or the United States Federal Government and its related industries. Other smaller industries include a nuclear power plant<ref>Power generation: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. (2006). Constellation Energy. Retrieved December 22, 2006.</ref> and a liquified natural gas terminal<ref>Dominion Cove Point LNG. (2005). Calvert Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved December 22, 2006.</ref> (both in Lusby), a Naval ordnance test ground (at Indian Head),<ref name="IHH">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Indian Head division, Naval Surface Warfare Center Template:Webarchive. (n.d.). United States Department of Navy. Retrieved December 22, 2006.</ref> electric power plants (at Aquasco and Morgantown)<ref>Chalk Point Generating Plant Template:Webarchive. (n.d.). Mirant Corporation. Retrieved December 22, 2006.</ref> and an oil terminal<ref>Mirant Piney Point Template:Webarchive. (n.d.). Mirant Corporation. Retrieved December 22, 2006.</ref> (at Piney Point). The towns of Solomons Island and Chesapeake Beach are tourist resorts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Solomons">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Maryland International Raceway and Budds Creek Raceway near Chaptico attract many auto and motocross racing enthusiasts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Military bases

Military installations in Southern Maryland include:

• Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, home of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and place where the F-35 fighter aircraft was developed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Joint Base Andrews and Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, in southern Prince Georges County, home of Air Force One and Marine One, aircraft for the President of the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Charles County, national munitions research and development center<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Webster Field, St. Inigoes, St. Mary's County, aircraft research and development, training field for test pilots<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Brandywine Receiver Site in Brandywine, Maryland. It is a remote facility associated with Andrews Air Force Base, and is remotely maintained from the Davidsonville Transmitter Site in Davidsonville, Maryland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, St. Mary's County; public safety and rescue, law enforcement and fisheries enforcement for area waters<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• The Blossom Point Research Facility is an army testing facility in southern Charles County under the leadership of the United States Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland.<ref name="blossompoint">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Suburban areas of Southern Maryland also have many Washington-area military related commuters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tourism

The Drum Point Lighthouse in Solomon's Island

The Southern Maryland National Heritage Area was established in the National Heritage Area Act in 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The National Heritage Area helps preserve and promote destinations in four counties.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The National Heritage Area was officially designated in 2023.<ref name="SMNHANPS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is also one of thirteen state heritage areas and is administered by the Maryland Historical Trust through the Maryland Heritage Areas Program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tourist Attractions in Southern Maryland include historical sites, such as the Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Historic St. Mary's City, and Port Tobacco Village, among others.<ref name="meyer" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Museums in the area include the Calvert Marine Museum, and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum.<ref name="meyer" /> Waterfront sites along the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River, and the Patuxent River are also tourist attractions. These include Mallows Bay, the Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary, and Solomon's Island.<ref name="Solomons" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="meyer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Politics

The entire region is contained within Maryland's 5th congressional district,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="MD5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which has been represented by Rep. Steny Hoyer since 1981.<ref name="StenyH">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Maryland's two U.S. senators are Chris Van Hollen (senior) and Angela Alsobrooks (junior).<ref name="MD5" />

Food and cuisine

Oysters are still widely available although they were once fished from the bay and its tidal tributaries in greater numbers, and are served either fried, raw, or stuffed. "Rockfish", the Maryland word for striped bass, is considered the most prized fish dish in Southern Maryland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Perhaps the most notable food dish originating from Southern Maryland is stuffed ham, which includes cabbage, kale, onions, spices and seasonings that are chopped and mixed, then stuffed into deep slits slashed in a whole, corned ham.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Sports

Club	League	Venue	Established	Championships
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	ALPB, Baseball	Regency Furniture Stadium	2008	0

Many residents also identify with national sports teams in Washington, D.C., or Baltimore.

Colleges

Calvert Hall located at St. Mary's College of Maryland

Colleges in Southern Maryland include:

• The College of Southern Maryland, a two-year community college with campuses in Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's Counties<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• St. Mary's College of Maryland, a four-year public honors college in St. Mary's County with some graduate school offerings<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Notable people

• Jerome Adams, Surgeon General of the United States<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Charles Ball, African American soldier and fugitive slave<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Margaret Brent, prominent colonist<ref name="MGB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Harriet Elizabeth Brown, educator and civil rights activist<ref name="brown">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Robert Crain, prominent local lawyer, namesake of Crain Highway<ref name="crain" />
• Moll Dyer, woman accused of being a witch<ref name="dyer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Bernie Fowler, Maryland State Senator and environmental advocate<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Danny Gatton, guitarist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller of Maryland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Alfred Gough, television and film screenwriter and producer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Scott Hall, professional wrestler<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Dashiell Hammett, author<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• John Hanson, founding father<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Joseph B. Hayden, Medal of Honor recipient<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Josiah Henson, abolitionist<ref name="SOMDNHA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Steny Hoyer, member of the House of Representatives<ref name="StenyH" />
• Thomas Johnson, governor of Maryland and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Mary Kittamaquund, a Piscataway who helped to establish relations between Natives and English colonists<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Joel and Benji Madden, musicians from the band Good Charlotte<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Christina Milian, singer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Dr. Samuel Mudd, doctor<ref name="Mudd"/>
• Captain Raphael Semmes, captain of the CSS Alabama<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• William Smallwood, general<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Robert Stethem, US Navy diver and murder victim during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Benjamin Stoddert, first United States Secretary of the Navy<ref name="stoddert">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Thomas Stone, founding father<ref name="TS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Arthur Storer, astronomer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Mathias de Sousa, first African-American to vote in an American legislature<ref name="SMNHANPS" />
• Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the United States<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Turkey Tayac, Piscataway tribal leader and herbal medicine man<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor, First Lady of the United States under Zachary Taylor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Dr. Robert Ulanowicz, Theoretical ecologist<ref>Erica Mitrano, "Palm gracing Solomons conjures a tropical breeze", Southern Maryland Newspapers Online, Oct. 25, 2006. Template:Webarchive</ref>

See also

• Tidewater (region)
• Southern Maryland Delegation
• Southern Maryland Rapid Transit
• Southern Maryland Athletic Conference
• Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
• Southern Maryland Railroad
• Southern Maryland Roller Derby
• Timeline of Southern Maryland

External links

• National Heritage Area Website