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Wiki software successfully installed'''Southern [[Maryland]]''' is composed of the state's three southernmost counties on the "Western Shore." These counties are [[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert County]], [[Charles County, Maryland|Charles County]], and [[St. Mary's County, Maryland|St. Mary's County]].
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== Geography ==It is bordered on the north by [[DarnallPrince George's ChanceCounty, Maryland|Prince George's County]] and [[Anne Arundel County]]. Its eastern border is the [[Chesapeake Bay]] and its southern and western border is the [[Potomac River]], Maryland's border with [[Virginia]]. == Towns and Places in Southern Maryland ==Towns and Places in Southern Maryland include: '''Calvert County:'''*[[Dunkirk, Maryland|Dunkirk]]*[[Huntingtown, Maryland|Huntingtown]]*Prince Frederick (county seat)*[[Solomons, Maryland|Solomons]] '''St. Mary's County:'''*[[Leonardtown, Maryland|Leonardtown]] (county seat)*Lexington Park*[[St. Mary's City, Maryland|St. Mary's City]] '''Charles County:'''*[[La Plata, Maryland|La Plata]] (county seat)*Waldorf*[[St. Charles, Maryland|St. Charles]] == Notable Southern Marylanders == [[House of Representatives]] [[Minority Whip]] [[Steny Hoyer]] represents Southern Maryland as the representative for Maryland's Fifth Congressional District. Two former first ladies hail from Southern Maryland: [[Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams]], wife of [[John Quincy Adams]], and [[Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor]], wife of [[Zachary Taylor]]. Longtime Maryland State Comptroller [[Louis Goldstein]] was from Calvert County. Noted television and film screenwriter and producer [[Alfred Gough]] hails from Leonardtown in St. Mary's County. == Colleges in Southern Maryland ==Colleges in Southern Maryland include:*The [[College of Southern Maryland]], a community college, with campuses in all three counties*[[St. Mary's College of Maryland]]
