{"id":16190,"date":"2023-05-01T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16190"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:41:22","slug":"saint-marys","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=16190","title":{"rendered":"Saint Mary’s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Formed January 1, 1637 (1st<\/sup> county)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saint Mary\u2019s County (113,775), Leonardtown (4,561)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A red brick Colonial Revival type structure was built in 1902 by B. F. Smith, architect.  The courthouse is on Courthouse Drive at Washington Street.  Maryland State Highway 5 is six blocks to the north.  The building was remodeled in 1957.  A 1901 version of the courthouse was also in Leonardtown.  A District Courthouse also supports the county.  The county is named for the saint.  The county seat is named for Benedict Leonard Calvert, 5th<\/sup> Lord Baltimore.  Saint Mary\u2019s County was the birthplace of 2 Maryland Governors, George Plater and James Thomas.  The county was the first county formed on January 1, 1637 from unorganized territory.  <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Mary\u2019s County government consists of a manager, an administrator, and a sheriff (executive).  It has 5 Council Members (legislative.)  Thirty-eight Circuit Court Judges serve St. Mary’s, Calvert, Charles, and Princes George’s counties, Six District Court Judges serve St. Mary’s, Calvert, and Charles counties and a court clerk and a county attorney serve Saint Mary\u2019s County (judicial.) <\/a>Saint Mary\u2019s County is on the southern border with Virginia.  The Potomac River is its southern border.  The county center is 4 miles East-Northeast of Leonardtown.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Calvert, Dorchester, and Somerset counties and Virginia and Charles County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the county is 611 square miles.  It is 8 out of 24 in the state.  It ranks 12 out of 24 in population in the state.  It has a density of 186.2 persons per square mile making it 15 out of 24 in the state.  <\/a>Saint Mary\u2019s County has 4.0% of its population in its incorporated areas.  There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county.  The county is shaped like a funnel pointing southeast.  Leonardtown is near the south-central coast of the county.  Leonardtown is the county seat and, as the only incorporated city, it is the largest city.  It is 4.0% of the county population.  This county is in the Lexington Park Micropolitan Statistical Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formed January 1, 1637 (1st county) Saint Mary\u2019s County (113,775), Leonardtown (4,561) A red brick Colonial Revival type structure was built in 1902 by B. F. Smith, architect.  The courthouse is on Courthouse Drive at Washington Street.  Maryland State Highway 5 is six blocks to the north.  The building was remodeled in 1957.  A 1901 … <\/p>\n

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