La Plata
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town in Maryland, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Charles
- Founded by
- Colonel Samuel Chapman
- Named after
- Río de la Plata
- Total
- 7.43 sq mi (19.25 km )
- Land
- 7.41 sq mi (19.18 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
- Elevation
- 190 ft (58 m)
- Density
- 1,372.1/sq mi (529.79/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 301, 240
- Fips code
- 24-45750
- Gnis feature id
- 0585340
- Website
- www .townoflaplata .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
La Plata, MD | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- La Plata
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Charles County
- Population
- 10159
- Area
- 19.282024
- Elevation
- 58
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- Charles County
- Official website
- townoflaplata.org
- Image
- La Plata, Maryland (8146322119).jpg
- Households
- 3298
- Dialing code
- 301
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- postal code
- 20646
- Commons category
- La Plata, Maryland
- inception
- 1888-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.6691
- different from
- La Plata
- per capita income
- 42719
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Encyclopedic overview
La Plata (/ləˈpleɪtə/ lə-PLAY-tə) is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 10,159 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Charles County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Plata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.