La Plata, Maryland

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Local Information for La Plata, MD

Latitude: 38.534258 -- Longitude: -76.973377

Other Area Cities:   Upper Marlboro  Clinton  La Plata  Waldorf  Saint Charles 

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The town's name means that it is built on a plateau, or area of flat terrain. The town was founded approximately 1895 after the river flowing into the previous County seat, Port Tobacco (a few miles to the west), silted up, ending that town's utility as a port. At the same time a new railroad line made La Plata attractive as a new county seat location and so the Courthouse was built there. Christ Episcopal Church was dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt in La Plata. In 1935, the opening of the 2-mile-long Harry Nice Memorial Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 301 over the Potomac River, provided a link to Virginia and gave long-distance east coast thru-travelers an alternative to using U.S. Route 1 and, later, the often-congested Interstate 95. -- Source: Wikipedia.com