Ridge, Maryland

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Ridge, Maryland
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Coordinates: 38°07′09″N76°22′26″W / 38.11917°N 76.37389°W / 38.11917; -76.37389 Coordinates: 38°07′09″N76°22′26″W / 38.11917°N 76.37389°W / 38.11917; -76.37389
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland
County Flag of St. Mary's County, Maryland.png St. Mary's
Elevation
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18 m (59 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
20680
Area code(s) 301 and 240
GNIS feature ID594897 [1]

Ridge is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Bard's Field was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [2] It is near the southernmost tip of the western shore of Maryland, known as Point Lookout, has bodies of water on both sides, and has two popular seafood restaurants. A historically black Roman Catholic church is here, which formerly had a parochial school. [1]

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Oblate Sisters of Providence

The Oblate Sisters of Providence, an African American order of Catholic Nuns, maintained a convent associated with St. Peter Clavers Catholic Church and worked with the local African American Catholic community in the first half of the 20th century. They also helped to run a local Catholic High school.

Notable person

Louise Daniel Hutchinson, a historian of African American history, was born in Ridge. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ridge, Maryland
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. "Louise Daniel Hutchinson Interviews". Record Unit 9558. Smithsonian Institution Archives . Retrieved 20 April 2012.



Zip code 20653 is for Lexington Park, Md. Ridge zip is 20680