Newburg in Charles County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Popes Creek Generating Plant
Photographed by Mark P Brock-Cancellieri, July 30, 2025
1. Popes Creek Generating Plant Marker
This building house the first power plant in Charles County. It was operated by the Southern Maryland Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative (today known as SMECO) from 1938 to 1953. Its founding was a result of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, which provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States.
Erected 2017 by Charles County Board of Commissioners.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.
Location. 38° 23.955′ N, 76° 59.466′ W. Marker is in Newburg, Maryland, in Charles County. It is on Popes Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11415 Popes Creek Rd, Newburg MD 20664, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Southern Maryland. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Crossing the Potomac (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Keechland (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dents Meadow (approx. 1.1 miles away); "Huckleberry" (approx. 1.9 miles away); Southern Charles County Memorial (approx.
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Another marker is no longer nearby. "Cliffton" (was approx. 1.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Mark P Brock-Cancellieri, July 30, 2025
2. Popes Creek Generating Plant Marker and Ruins
Credits. This page was last revised on August 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 31, 2025, by Mark P. Brock-Cancellieri of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 120 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 31, 2025, by Mark P. Brock-Cancellieri of Baltimore, Maryland. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
