Calvert County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- Named after
- Calvert family
- Seat
- Prince Frederick
- Largest town
- Chesapeake Beach
- Total
- 345 sq mi (890 km )
- Land
- 213 sq mi (550 km )
- Water
- 132 sq mi (340 km ) 38%
- Estimate 2025
- 94,484
- Density
- 435.6/sq mi (168.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .calvertcountymd .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 92,783. Its county seat is Prince Frederick. The county's name is derived from the family name of the Barons of Baltimore, the proprietors of the English Colony of Maryland. Calvert County is included in the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria metropolitan statistical area. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula, which is bordered on the east by Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. The county has one of the highest median household incomes in the United States. It is one of the older counties in Maryland, after St. Mary's, Kent, and Anne Arundel counties. The county is part of the Southern Maryland region of the state.
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