St. Mary's City, Maryland
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St. Mary's City, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, is a small town near the southernmost end of the state, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is located on the eastern shore of the St. Mary's River, a tributary of the Potomac.
St. Mary's City was the original center of the Maryland colony, founded in 1634 with the arrival of the Ark and Dove colony ships. St. Mary's City is the fourth oldest permanent settlement in British North America. A Yaocomico Indian village previously occupied the location, and the English settlers coexisted with them. The City was founded by the Calvert family, and served as Maryland's capital until 1694 when the capital moved to Annapolis. The 17th century city mostly disappeared after 1694, though the land continued to be farmed. Archaeologists began to study the buried city in the mid-20th century.
Present-day St. Mary's City is primarily the location of St. Mary's College of Maryland and Historic St. Mary's City which runs a tourist center and archeological site devoted to colonial St. Mary's.
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