534/Maryland Manual

Alcoholic Beverages

Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Virginia Davidson, Chairperson ....... 1987
Willard E. dark ................. 1983
Mary Jane Startt ................. 1986
Deborah A. Loller, Clerk ...............

Alcoholic Beverages Inspector³¹
Herrel Curry, Jr. .....................

Extension and Soil Conservation Services

Extension Agents
Bernardine M. Coleman ................
Karen L. Gillam .....................
Theodore A. Haas ....................
Joy L. Mycrs .......................
Judith A. Pugh ......................

Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Floyd Allred, Jr., Chairperson ........ 1986
Alfred Workman, Vice-Chairperson .... 1985
Edgar B. Hevelow, Treasurer ........ 1983
William B. Baker (County appointee) .......
Alfred Miller ................... 1984
Theodore A. Haas, Extension Agent, Secretary
(non-voting) ........................
Barbara O'Neil, Associate Supervisor ........
David H. Wilson, District Conservationist ....
Sue W. Miller, District Manager ..........

CHARLES COUNTY

County Seat: La Plata 20646

Origin: Created by an Order in Council of 1658.
It is not to be confused with an earlier Charles
County (1650-1653) known as Old Charles
County.

Name: Named for Charles Calvert, son and heir
of Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore.

Form of Government: County Commissioners

County Code: See Code of the Public Local Laws
of Charles County (1969) with supplements.

Area: 486.78 sq. miles (451.58 land, 35.20 water)

Population 1900: 17,662
1950: 23,415
1960: 32,572
1970: 47,678
1980: 72,751
Dist. I, La Plata ................ .7,251
Dist. 2, Hill Top ................. 1,439
Dist. 3, Nanjemoy ................ 2,688
Dist. 4, Aliens Fresh .............. 3,337
Dist. 5, Thompkinsville ............ 3,423
Dist. 6, Waldorf ................ 26,480
Dist. 7, Pomonkey and Potomac Heights 11,026
Dist. 8, Bryantown .............. 11,135
Dist. 9, Hughesville - 2,409
Dist. 10, Marbury ................ 3,563

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 census): La
Plata (2,480), Indian Head (1,600)

Principal Unincorporated Places (1980 census):
St. Charles (13,921), Waldorf (9,782), White
Plains (5,167)

Voter Registration, 1982
Democrat: .................... 17,573
Republican: .................... 9,714
Other: .......................... .7
Decline: ....................... 2,133
Total: ...................... 29,427

Per Capita Income (1980); $7,729
State Forests: Doncaster (1,486 acres)

State Parks: Chapel Point (828 acres). Purse (148
acres), Smallwood (404 acres)

Colleges/Universities: Charles County Communi-
ty College, La Plata

Museums/Historical Societies: Historical Society
of Charles County, Inc., Port Tobacco 20677

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Courthouse
La Plata 20646 Telephone: 645-0500
from Washington, D.C.: 870-3000
(Circuit Court and District Court)

Court Terms;

Circuit Court—Grand Jury and Petit Jury,
fourth Monday in March and September.

Orphans' Court Days—First and third Tuesday
in every month.

Circuit Court Resident Judges
George W. Bowling ............... 1991
Richard J. dark ................. 1995

Circuit Court Clerk
Patrick C. Mudd ................. 1986