Charles County
Charles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 166,617. The county seat is La Plata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: County with 147,000 residents
- Description: county in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Charles”, “Charles Countie”, “Charles County, Maryland”, “Charles County, MD”, “Charles Countye”, “Charleses Countie”, “Charleses County”, “Charls Countie”, and “Charls County”
- Neighbors: Fairfax County, Prince George’s County, Prince William County, Stafford County, and Westmoreland County
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Tobacco Historic District and Thomas Stone National Historic Site.
Port Tobacco Historic District
Park
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Port Tobacco Historic District is a national historic district in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland. It is located along both sides of Chapel Point Road immediately south of Maryland Route 6.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Protected area
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The Thomas Stone National Historic Site, also known as Haberdeventure or the Thomas Stone House, is a United States National Historic Site located about 25 miles south of Washington D.C. in Charles County, Maryland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Plata and Port Tobacco.
La Plata
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La Plata is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 10,159 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Charles County.
Port Tobacco
Village
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Port Tobacco, officially Port Tobacco Village, is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 13 at the 2010 census, making Port Tobacco the smallest incorporated town in Maryland.
Bel Alton
Hamlet
Bel Alton is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is marked by old-style motels, a popular "bikers'" tavern, and other small businesses along U.S. Route 301 catering to local residents and interstate travelers.
Charles County
- Categories: county of Maryland and locality
- Location: Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.4992° or 38° 29′ 57″ northLongitude
-77.0278° or 77° 1′ 40″ westPopulation
147,000Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
87C4FXXC+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 316964637OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
4351021Wikidata ID
Q501319
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Charles County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Charles County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة تشارلز”
- Armenian: “Չառլզ շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Charles”
- Basque: “Charles konderria”
- Bavarian: “Charles County, Maryland”
- Bavarian: “Charles County”
- Bishnupriya: “চার্লস কাউন্টি, মেরিল্যান্ড”
- Bishnupriya: “চার্লস কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Чарлз”
- Catalan: “comtat de Charles”
- Cebuano: “Charles County”
- Chechen: “Чарльз (гуо, Мэриленд)”
- Chechen: “Чарльз”
- Chinese: “Charles Kūn”
- Chinese: “查尔斯县”
- Chinese: “查爾斯縣”
- Cornish: “Konteth Charles, Tir Maria”
- Cornish: “Konteth Charles”
- Czech: “Charles County (Maryland)”
- Czech: “Charles County”
- Dutch: “Charles County”
- Esperanto: “Charles County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Charles”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Charles”
- Finnish: “Charlesin piirikunta”
- French: “Charles County”
- French: “comté de Charles”
- French: “Comté de Charles”
- Georgian: “ჩარლზის ოლქი”
- German: “Charles County”
- Gilaki: “چارلز ٚ شأرستان (مريلند)”
- Gilaki: “چارلز ٚ شأرستان”
- Hebrew: “מחוז צ’ארלס”
- Hungarian: “Charles megye”
- Inari Sami: “Charles pirrâdâhkodde”
- Indonesian: “Charles County”
- Indonesian: “County Charles, Maryland”
- Irish: “Contae Charles”
- Italian: “Charles County”
- Italian: “contea di Charles”
- Italian: “Contea di Charles”
- Japanese: “チャールズ郡”
- Kazakh: “Чарльз”
- Korean: “찰스군”
- Low German: “Charles County”
- Marathi: “चार्ल्स काउंटी, मेरीलँड”
- Mazanderani: “چارلز شهرستان (مریلند)”
- Mazanderani: “چارلز شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Charles Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Charles Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “Charles County”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Charles County”
- Norwegian: “Charles County”
- Persian: “شهرستان چارلز، مریلند”
- Persian: “شهرستان چارلز”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Charles”
- Portuguese: “Charles County”
- Portuguese: “condado de Charles”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Charles”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Charles, Maryland”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Charles”
- Russian: “Чарльз”
- Sardinian: “contea de Charles”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Charles County”
- Serbian: “Округ Чарлс (Мериленд)”
- Serbian: “Округ Чарлс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Charles County, Maryland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Charles County”
- Slovenian: “Charles County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Charles”
- Spanish: “Charles County”
- Spanish: “condado de Charles”
- Spanish: “Condado de Charles”
- Swedish: “Charles County”
- Tatar: “Чарльз (округ, Мэриленд)”
- Tatar: “Чарльз”
- Turkish: “Charles County, Maryland”
- Turkish: “Charles County, Md.”
- Turkish: “Charles County, MD”
- Turkish: “Charles County”
- Turkish: “Charles ilçesi, Maryland”
- Turkish: “Charles ilçesi, Md.”
- Turkish: “Charles ilçesi, MD”
- Turkish: “Charles ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Чарлз”
- Urdu: “چارلس کاؤنٹی، میری لینڈ”
- Venetian: “contea de Charles”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Charles, Maryland”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Charles”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Charles, Maryland”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Charles”
- Welsh: “Charles County, Maryland”
- Welsh: “Charles County”
- Western Panjabi: “چارلز کاؤنٹی”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Port Tobacco Lakes and Sutton Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port Tobacco River Park and Port Tobacco Courthouse Historic Site.
Maryland: Must-Visit Destinations
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Curious Places to Discover
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