St. Mary's City, Maryland

St. Mary 's City is a village in the south of the U.S. state of Maryland. It lies on the estuary of the Potomac River on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

It was founded in 1634 as the fourth permanent English settlement on American soil ( to Jamestown, Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony ) and placed in the first decades of its existence, the administrative center of the colony of Maryland and the Saint Mary's County dar. 1654 of the county seat in today Leonardtown, 1695 then moved the capital of the colony after Anne Arundel Towne, now Annapolis. As a result, St. Mary 's City lost considerable importance and also a good part of its residents.

Today, the site is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County. He was raised by the U.S. Department of the Interior to a national cultural monument ( National Historic Landmark ) and now houses an open-air museum that illustrates the lives of the colonial period. The place is also the seat of St. Mary's College of Maryland, founded in 1840 an educational institution, which is one of the most prestigious schools in Maryland. Currently, the College has about 2,000 students.

38.189166666667 - 76.432222222222Koordinaten: 38 ° 11 ' N, 76 ° 26' W

• Location in Maryland
• Saint Mary's County
• Location in North America