Port Tobacco Village, Maryland

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historic place municipality town

Port Tobacco Village, Maryland is a small historic town in Charles County that was once a bustling colonial port and one of Maryland’s early seats of government.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Port Tobacco, Maryland	4
Port Tobacco Village	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic place ⓘ municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
areaCode	240 ⓘ 301 ⓘ
areaLandSqMi	0.16 ⓘ
areaTotalSqMi	0.16 ⓘ
areaWaterSqMi	0.00 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Charles County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
declineCause	shift of trade to other ports ⓘ silting of Port Tobacco River ⓘ
distanceToLaPlata	approximately 2 miles west ⓘ
FIPSCode	24-63275 ⓘ
formerRole	colonial port ⓘ county seat of Charles County, Maryland ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	0591080 ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Port Tobacco Historic District ⓘ
hasLandmark	Port Tobacco Historic District ⓘ surface form: Historic Port Tobacco Courthouse St. Ignatius Church at Chapel Point (nearby) ⓘ
historicalEra	colonial era ⓘ
incorporatedAs	Port Tobacco Village, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port Tobacco Village
incorporationStatus	incorporated town ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Maryland ⓘ
locatedNear	Port Tobacco River ⓘ Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostCountySeatTo	La Plata, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity	La Plata, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
NRHPType	historic district ⓘ
populationCensus2010	13 ⓘ
populationCensus2020	18 ⓘ
postalCode	20677 ⓘ
region	Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ surface form: Chesapeake Bay watershed
state	Maryland ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportationAccess	Maryland Route 6 ⓘ
wasOneOf	earliest seats of government in Maryland ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles County, Maryland → containsCommunity → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ⓘ

Port Tobacco River → flowsNear → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port Tobacco, Maryland

Charles County, Maryland → hasHistoricSite → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ⓘ

Port Tobacco River → hasNearbyCommunity → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ⓘ

Port Tobacco River → historicallyAssociatedWith → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port Tobacco, Maryland

Port Tobacco Village, Maryland → incorporatedAs → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port Tobacco Village

Port Tobacco River → namedAfter → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port Tobacco, Maryland

George Atzerodt → residence → Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port Tobacco, Maryland