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Mount Calvert Manor

 
 
Mount Calvert Manor Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, August 19, 2013
1. Mount Calvert Manor Marker
Inscription. 1000 Acres in Mount Calvert Hundred Patented 17 February 1658 to Philip Calvert, Esq. Youngest son of George, 1st Baron of Baltimore, who was granted a lordship with seignorial rights of a Court Baron with all Royalties and Privileges Most Usually belonging to Manors in England.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is February 17, 1658.
 
Location. 38° 47.099′ N, 76° 42.927′ W. Marker is in Croom, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It is on Mount Calvert Road 0.4 miles east of McClure Road, on the left. Marker is in the Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park, just north of the parking area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Upper Marlboro MD 20772, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 walking distance of this marker: African-Americans at Mount Calvert (within shouting distance of this marker); Explosive Scene (within shouting distance of this marker); The War of 1812 and the Chesapeake Flotilla (within shouting distance of this marker); Chesapeake Beach Railway (within shouting distance of this marker); Mount Calvert Federal Period Plantation House (within shouting distance of this marker); Billingsley's Point
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Mount Calvert, Early Town (about 300 feet away); Woodland Indians (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Croom.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Billingsley's Point (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Mount Calvert Manor Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, August 19, 2013
2. Mount Calvert Manor Marker
Mount Calvert Manor Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, August 19, 2013
3. Mount Calvert Manor Marker
Mount Calvert Manor Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2013
4. Mount Calvert Manor Marker
Mount Calvert image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2013
5. Mount Calvert
Patuxent River image. Click for full size.
Photographed by F. Robby, August 19, 2013
6. Patuxent River
View of the Patuxent River from the park.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2013, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,686 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 1, 2013, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.   4, 5. submitted on October 15, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.   6. submitted on September 1, 2013, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.
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Jun. 17, 2026