Port Republic, Maryland

Coordinates: 38°30′03″N 76°31′46″W / 38.50083°N 76.52944°W / 38.50083; -76.52944
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Port Republic, Maryland
ZIP code
20676
Area code(s)410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID591051[1]

Port Republic is a small, rural unincorporated community located at the crossroads of MD routes 2/MD 4, MD 264, MD 509, MD 765, and Parkers Creek Road in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. It is approximately five miles south of Prince Frederick, the county seat of Calvert County.

While Port Republic is not incorporated and has no central business district, it nonetheless features several places of note, including historic

50 States in 50 Days" feature. The former College of Southern Maryland
campus at Port Republic was relocated in 2005 to Prince Frederick.

Residential communities located in Port Republic include Governors' Run, Kenwood Beach,

ZIP code
20676.

Notable people

  • Earl F. Hance – Secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture from 2009 to 2015; owns a 600-acre farm in Port Republic[4]

References

  1. ^ "Port Republic". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. ^ "Port Republic School House #7". Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Maryland Department of Agriculture-Secretary Earl F, Hance