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Benedict, Maryland

Field	Value
name	Benedict, Maryland
settlement_type	Census-designated place
image_skyline	Benedict, tower site (20980605214).jpg
image_caption	Landscape in Benedict
pushpin_map	USA Maryland#USA
pushpin_label	Benedict
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption	Location within the state of Maryland
map_caption	Location within Charles County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Maryland
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Charles
leader_title
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	0.60
area_land_km2	0.60
area_water_km2	0.00
population_as_of	2020
population_total	232
population_density_km2	383.63
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	−5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	−4
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	20612
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	24-06550
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	583152
area_total_sq_mi	0.23
area_land_sq_mi	0.23
area_water_sq_mi	0.00
population_density_sq_mi	995.71

Benedict is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States, located on the Patuxent River in southern Maryland. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 261.

Demographics

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Benedict first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

History

Originally a fishing village along the Patuxent River in the southern Province of Maryland in the late 17th century, it was named Benedict-Leonardtown for Benedict Leonard Calvert, (1700–1732), 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland, serving under his older brother, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron and Lord Baltimore, (1699–1751).{{Cite book |access-date=2008-04-05

Oyster boats and pleasure craft docked in the Patuxent River at Benedict, 1941

War of 1812

In the War of 1812, Benedict was the location where the British Army led by General Robert Ross landed on August 18, 1814, after having fought fierce naval battles with American naval forces in the Patuxent. From Benedict, the British began their march to Washington, D.C., routing a larger American force at the Battle of Bladensburg before ultimately burning the capital. Following this, they failed to capture Baltimore in the Battle of Baltimore.{{cite book | author-link =Edwin Markham |access-date=2007-12-15

Civil War

Benedict was the site of Camp Stanton, constructed in October 1863 for the Maryland 7th Regiment.{{Cite journal |access-date=2007-12-15 |access-date=2007-12-15 |access-date=2007-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071820/http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/aapaxstanton.html |archive-date=2009-05-14

A school was established on the site to educate the black soldiers, most of whom had received no education when they were slaves. The school was run by Samuel C. Armstrong.{{cite book

Benedict today

Adjacent to the town is the Benedict Bridge, a 0.5 mi bridge where Maryland Route 231 crosses the Patuxent River from Charles County into Calvert County. The town also has one or two seafood restaurants, and a Catholic church, St. Francis de Sales, that celebrates mass in Latin.{{cite web |access-date=2019-09-04

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
{{gnis. 583152
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Benedict CDP, Maryland". [[United States Census Bureau]].
"Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". [[US Census Bureau]].
"2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Maryland".

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