Economic Development Commission
David Steel, Sr., Chairman
Extension Agents
Chester M. Cissel
Diane Councell
James M. Downes
5017 Conservation District
Supervisors
George H. Godfrey, Chairman 1980
Royden N. Powell, Sr (168).'"
John Murdoch, Treasurer 1978
J. Tilghman Bishop 1977
C. Frank Boyle 1979
Chester M. Cissel, Extension
Agent, Secretary
ST. MARY'S COUNTY
County Seat: Leonardtown 20650
Area: 420 sq. miles
Origin and Name of the County:
Named in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Here the Ark and the Dove landed on An-
nunciation Day (March 25). This was the
first county erected in Maryland, having
been created in 1637 by an order of the
Governor.
Population, 1970:
St. Mary's County ............. 47,388
Dist.1, St. lnigoes 4,219
Dist. 2, Valley Lee 3,494
Dist. 3, Leonardtown 5,811
Dist. 4, Chaptico 2,158
Dist. 5, Mechanicsville 3,285
Dist. 6, Patuxent 5,283
Dist. 7, Milestown 2,976
Dist. 8, Bay 19,837
Dist. 9, St. George Island 325
Estimated Population, 1976: 55,000
Court Terms:
Circuit Court — Jury, third Monday in
March and November; non-jury, first Mon-
day in June and December (Repealed by
Chapter 566, Acts of 1974).
Orphans' Court Days — Second and fourth
Tuesdays in every month.
Courthouse Information Number: 475-9121
JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Resident Judge, Circuit Court
Joseph A. Mattingly 1987
District Court Judge
William 0. E. Sterling 1981
Mary M. Gwynn, Administrative
Clerk
M. Doris Jones, Clerk |
Clerk, Circuit Court
Dorothy Bailey Kucher 1978
State's Attorney
George R. Sparling, Jr. 1979
Sheriff
Eugene Pellillo, Acting 1978
Register of Wills
Mary Rose Bell 1978
Judges, Orphans' Court
John L. Alvey, Chief Judge 1978
Paul Bell 1978
Floyd A. Raley 1978
District Public Defender
John Slade
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Board of County Commissioners
James Manning McKay,
1st Dist., President 1978
J. Patrick Jarboe, 2nd Dist. 1978
Jay Laurence Millison, 3rd Dist. 1978
Ford L. Dean, 4th Dist. 1978
John K. Parlett, 5th Dist. 1978
Judith A. Mullins, Secretary
Joseph E. Bell 11, Attorney
County Administrator™
Edward V. Cox
Treasurer
Francis G. Cecil 1979
Director of Finance
B. Harris Sterling
Supervisor of Assessment
William S. Lawrence
Property Tax Assessment
Appeal Board
Clarence Bell, Chairman 1979
J. Alfred Abell 1977
Robert L. Owens 1978
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Paul R. Balta 1977
Ronald Delahay 1977
Eleanor Peabody 1977
Fire Marshal
Charles H. Donaldson
Director of Civil Defense
Otis F. Wood
Deputy Medical Examiner
William D. Boyd, M.D.
Health Officer
William J. Marek, M.D.
Board of Education
William B. Wagoner 1977
James A. Forrest 1978
Norma Dawson 1979
H. Edwin Cole 1980
Eleanor Ritchie 1981
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