Saint Marys City (Md.)

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Name (Hebrew)
סנט מריס סיטי (מרילנד)
Name (Latin)
Saint Marys City (Md.)
Other forms of name
St. Mary's City (Md.)
Citty of St. Maryes (Md.)
City of Saint Marys (Md.)
nnaa St. Marys City, Md
Coordinates
-76.43222222 -76.43222222 38.18916667 38.18916667 (gooearth )
W0762604 W0762604 N0381113 N0381113 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 168731260
Wikidata: Q2321360
Library of congress: n 86106954
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 38°11ʹ13ʺN 076°26ʹ04ʺW)
  • The Address of the representatives of Their Majestyes Protestant subjects, in the provinnce of Mary-Land assembled, August 26th, 1689:page 1 (the Citty of St. Maryes)
  • Wikipedia, viewed March 15, 2019(St. Mary's City, Maryland; St. Mary's City is a former colonial town that was Maryland's first colonial settlement and capital. It is now a large, state-run historic area, reconstruction of the original colonial settlement, living history area and museum complex, also known as Historic St. Mary's City; St. Mary's City was officially named and founded on the site of the new settlement on March 27, 1634.)
  • Historic St. Mary's City (Museum : Md.). Annual report, 1984:cover p. 4 (St. Mary's City, MD)
  • Rand McNally commercial atlas & mark. guide, 1981(Maryland: St. Marys City)
  • LC data base 1/8/87(hdg.: St. Marys City, Md.)

Wikipedia description:

St. Mary's City (also known as Historic St. Mary's City) is a former colonial town that was founded in March 1634, as Maryland's first capital. It is now a state-run historic area, which includes a reconstruction of the original colonial settlement and a designated living history venue and museum complex. Half the area is occupied by the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland. The entire area contains a community of about 933 permanent residents and some 1,400 students living in campus dorms and apartments. The city is an unincorporated community under Maryland state law and is located in southern St. Mary's County, which occupies the southernmost tip of the state on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. The community is bordered by the St. Mary's River, a short, brackish-water tidal tributary of the Potomac River, near where it empties into the Chesapeake. St. Mary's City is the historic site of the founding of the Province of Maryland, where it served as the colonial capital from 1634 until 1694 — in 1695, Annapolis became the location of the legislature. The original settlement is the fourth oldest permanent English settlement in the United States. Notably, St. Mary's City is the earliest site of religious freedom being established in the United States, as it is the first North American colonial settlement established with a specific mandate of providing haven for people of both Catholic and Protestant Christian faiths. It is also an internationally recognized archaeological research area and training center for archaeologists, and is home to the Historical Archaeology Field School. There have been over 200 archeological digs in St. Mary's City over the last 30 years. Archaeological research continues in the city.

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