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Havre de Grace
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city in Harford County, Maryland, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Harford
- Mayor
- William Martin
- Total
- 6.32 sq mi (16.37 km )
- Land
- 5.89 sq mi (15.25 km )
- Water
- 0.43 sq mi (1.12 km ) 20.17%
- Elevation
- 56 ft (17 m)
- Density
- 2,514.4/sq mi (970.83/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (Eastern)
- Fips code
- 24-37600
- Gnis feature id
- 0590437
- Website
- https://havredegracemd.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Satellite image of the Chesapeake Bay's confluence with Susquehanna River and the Maryland cities of Havre de Grace (southwest bank) and Perryville (northeast bank) Havre de Grace (/hævər dɪˈɡreɪs/), abbreviated HdG, is a city in Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of Chesapeake Bay. It is named after the port city of Le Havre, France, which in full was once Le Havre de Grâce (French for 'Harbor of Grace').
As of the 2020 census, Havre de Grace had a population of 14,807. In 2014, Smithsonian magazine called it one of the 20 best small U.S. towns to visit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Havre de Grace” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.