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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Charles County

 
Clickable Map of Charles County, Maryland and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Charles County, MD (167) Calvert County, MD (210) Prince George s County, MD (679) St. Mary s County, MD (403) Fairfax County, VA (745) King George County, VA (32) Prince William County, VA (720) Stafford County, VA (225) Westmoreland County, VA (115)  CharlesCounty(167) Charles County (167)  CalvertCounty(210) Calvert County (210)  PrinceGeorge'sCounty(679) Prince George's County (679)  St.Mary'sCounty(403) St. Mary's County (403)  FairfaxCountyVirginia(745) Fairfax County (745)  KingGeorgeCounty(32) King George County (32)  PrinceWilliamCounty(720) Prince William County (720)  StaffordCounty(225) Stafford County (225)  WestmorelandCounty(115) Westmoreland County (115)
La Plata is the county seat for Charles County
Adjacent to Charles County, Maryland
Calvert County (210)  ►
Prince George's County (679)  ►
St. Mary's County (403)  ►
Fairfax County, Virginia (745)  ►
King George County, Virginia (32)  ►
Prince William County, Virginia (720)  ►
Stafford County, Virginia (225)  ►
Westmoreland County, Virginia (115)  ►
 
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1 ► Maryland, Charles County, Accokeek — Piscataway Park — Reported unreadable
2 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Archaeology Provides a Key to the History of Rich Hill —
3 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Bel Alton High School —
4 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — John Wilkes Booth —
5 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — John Wilkes Booth and David Herold —
6 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Pine Thicket — "… the instrument of his punishment" — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin —
7 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill — The Fugitives Seek Shelter — John Wilkes Booth - Escape of an Assassin —
8 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill — Reported missing
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9 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill Farm in the 19th Century: Samuel Cox and his Award-Winning Farm —
10 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill Farm in the 20th Century — The Garners, Tenant Farmers of Rich Hill — (1916 - 1920 and 1945 - 1954) —
11 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill Historic Site — Historic Preservation/Public Archaeology — Reported permanently removed
12 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill Through the Years —
13 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — Benedict —
14 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — British Have Landed — Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
15 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — Camp Stanton —
16 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — Camp Stanton — Training Post for USCT — Reported missing
17 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — Camp Stanton — Training Ground for Equality —
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18 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — Maxwell Hall —
19 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — On This Farm —
20 ► Maryland, Charles County, Benedict — The British are Coming — Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail —
21 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bryantown — Boarman's Manor — 3,333 Acres —
22 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bryantown — Rev. Lawrence Anthony Bender, S.S. — November 14, 1924 – February 5, 2004 —
23 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bryantown — St. Mary’s Church —
24 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bryantown — St. Mary’s Church and Cemetery — Mudd Meets Booth — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of An Assassin —
25 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bryantown — Village of Bryantown — Commercial Center — John Wilkes Booth - Escape of an Assassin — Reported permanently removed
26 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bryantown — Village of Bryantown — Commercial Center — John Wilkes Booth — Chasing Lincoln's Assassin —
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27 ► Maryland, Charles County, Cobb Island — Milestone in Radio History —
28 ► Maryland, Charles County, Cobb Island — Milestone in Radio History — December 23, 1900 —
29 ► Maryland, Charles County, Cobb Island — Milestone in Radio History — Professor Frank Very —
30 ► Maryland, Charles County, Cobb Island — Milestone in Radio History — Reginald Aubrey Fessenden —
31 ► Maryland, Charles County, Glymont — Saint Charles of Cornwallis Neck —
32 ► Maryland, Charles County, Hughesville — Begin Your Adventure —
33 ► Maryland, Charles County, Hughesville — Enemy Camp — Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail — War of 1812 —
34 ► Maryland, Charles County, Hughesville — Maxwell Hall — National Register of Historic Places — circa 1860 • House built 1768 • Renovations 1833 and 1980 —
35 ► Maryland, Charles County, Hughesville — Solid Ground — Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail — War of 1812 —
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36 ► Maryland, Charles County, Hughesville — Test of a New Nation —
37 ► Maryland, Charles County, Hughesville — War of 1812 — Benedict—Charles County, MD — Site of the First Foreign Invasion of the United States of America —
38 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — Araby —
39 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — Budds Ferry — ← One mile —
40 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — General Joseph Hooker U.S.A. —
41 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — In Honor and Memory —
42 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — Navy Railroad — Historical Role in Our Nation’s Defense — Indian Head Rail Trail —
43 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — Pomonkey High School —
44 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — Railroad at Naval Proving Ground — Indian Head Rail Trail —
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45 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — The Story — Indian Head Rail Trail —
46 ► Maryland, Charles County, Indian Head — The Village of Pomonkey —
47 ► Maryland, Charles County, Ironsides — Durham Parish — Established 1692 —
48 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — “The Monastery” — First Carmel in U. S. — Founded October 15, 1790. —
49 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Chandler's Hope — 2 miles → — Reported missing
50 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Christ Church Episcopal —
51 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Christ Church Port Tobacco Parish —
52 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Courthouse at Moore's Lodge —
53 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Friendship House....one of Charles County's Oldest —
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54 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — From Creek to the College of Southern Maryland —
55 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Honor Roll —
56 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Korean Conflict Memorial —
57 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — La Plata Elementary School —
58 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — La Plata Train Museum — Town of La Plata, Maryland —
59 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Lebanon / Grenada Conflict Veterans Memorial —
60 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Myrtle Grove Game Refuge —
61 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Old Durham Church, Episcopal - 1692 —
62 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Remembrance —
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63 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Revolutionary War Patriots —
64 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — September 11 Memorial —
65 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Star Memorial Garden —
66 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Surgeon General Revolutionary Army — Dr. James Craik —
67 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — Vietnam Conflict Memorial —
68 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — War on Terror Memorial —
69 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — World War I Enlisted Military Memorial —
70 ► Maryland, Charles County, La Plata — World War I Memorial —
71 ► Maryland, Charles County, Marshall Hall — Marshall Hall —
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72 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — "Efton Hills" —
73 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Archeology Reveals Outbuildings — Archeological artifacts suggest the location of outbuildings behind the main house. —
74 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Bald Eagle —
75 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Carroll Farmhouse & Cemetery —
76 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Friendship House…one of Charles County's Oldest —
77 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — General Daniel E. Sickles, U.S.A. —
78 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Life Cycle of a House — Only brick remain from a house that was built, expanded, abandoned and dismantled over two centuries —
79 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Mallows Bay — Wildlife Refuge from WWI Shipwrecks —
80 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Mallows Bay — Resting place of the Ghost Fleet — Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary —
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81 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Memories of Douglas Point — A lifelong resident recalls the history of this area from the Civil War to ghost stories. —
82 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Minister's House, Family Farm — These chimneys once stood over a 19th-century farm owned by a minister and his family. —
83 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Mount Hope Church —
84 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Mt. Hope Baptist Church —
85 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Nanjemoy Baptist Church — Organized in 1793 —
86 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Points of Interest —
87 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Unique Environment — This area is home to a distinctive ecosystem, a long human history — and a community working to preserve its environment. —
88 ► Maryland, Charles County, Nanjemoy — Washington's Farm — ← —
89 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — "Cliffton" — Reported missing
90 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — "Huckleberry" —
91 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — 300 Year Old Southern Red Oak — Circumference 15’7” — Height 72' • Spread 98' —
92 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Cedar Point — → —
93 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Christ Church — William and Mary Parish — 1690 —
94 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Cliffton —
95 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Crossing the Potomac — Off into the Darkness — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin —
96 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Dents Meadow — One Mile → —
97 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Discover Southern Maryland’s Amazing Stories of Exploration, Hope, and Courage —
98 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Explore your Cheaspeake —
99 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — In Memory of Robert Crain — 1865-1928 —
100 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay — Reported permanently removed

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Nov. 13, 2026