Park Hall, St. Mary's County, Maryland

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Coordinates: 38°13′10″N76°25′48″W / 38.21944°N 76.43000°W / 38.21944; -76.43000
Country United States
State Maryland
County St. Mary's County
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
20667
Area code(s) 301, 240, 227
GNIS feature ID2832426 [1]

Park Hall is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Originally surveyed in 1640, it is one of the oldest communities in Maryland. [1]

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Park Hall has its own post office and its ZIP code is 20667. [2]

History

Park Hall, which was first surveyed in 1640 by Thomas Gerrard, is Maryland's second oldest community after the nearby St. Mary's City, which was established in 1634 as the Maryland Colony was formed. The name of Park Hall is derived from Gerrard's residence, Porke Hall Freehold. [3]

Geography

Park Hill is located just north of St. Mary's City and the St. Marys River, and is approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) south of Lexington Park.

Transportation

Air

The Park Hall Airport opened in the community in 1964 as a grass airstrip, but it eventually closed in the 1980s and the land was eventually redeveloped as the Fox Meadow single-family residential development, with a street paved directly over the former airstrip. The airport is commemorated by the development with its streets named after aircraft (Piper Court and Spitfire Court) and the airport's owner's surname (Dixon Court). [4] The current nearest public airport is St. Mary's County Regional Airport located in California.

Highways

Maryland Route 489 in Park Hall 2020-05-23 16 31 20 View east along Maryland State Route 489 (Park Hall Road) at Maryland State Route 5 (Point Lookout Road) in Park Hall, St. Mary's County, Maryland.jpg
Maryland Route 489 in Park Hall

Park Hall is located at the junction of Maryland Route 5 (MD 5), which runs north to Washington, D.C. border and south to Point Lookout, and MD 489, which links the community to MD 235 in the east.

Education

Park Hall is within the St. Mary's County Public Schools district. Park Hall Elementary School is located in the community, [5] with Great Mills High School and St. Mary's College of Maryland located nearby.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Park Hall". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "PARK HALL". United States Post Service. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Ridgell, J. Scott (8 September 2013). "St. Mary's City and Park Hall". Buzzy's Country Store. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Freeman, Paul. "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southern Maryland". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Park Hall Elementary School". Park Hall Elementary School. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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