Rock Point, Maryland
Rock Point, Maryland | ||
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FIPS code 24-67500 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 591157 |
Rock Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States.[3]
Description
Rock Point is located near
Rock Point was named for the rockfish, or striped bass. Today Rock Point is largely a vacation land, but in the early 20th century, Rock Point had a large hotel serving summer vacationers and winter duck hunters, a steamboat wharf and warehouse, and a sizable general store. Fish were caught by a net hauled between two boats at some distance from each other, a method then called "Hauling Seine". Rock Point also had an oyster shucking and packing plant, which served as a crab steaming and picking plant during the summer months, enabling the shipment of finfish, oysters and crabs in season to restaurants in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. The packing house was owned by three prominent Rock Point families, named after two of them as "Hill & Lloyd" with the third (silent) partner being one John William Furbush (1882–1963). Today, Furbush Road at Rock Point is named after him. One of his descendants, a grandson, James Carroll Simms (1928–present), is the author of Searching for Identity, Truth and Meaning.
General
"Charleston" was an 800-acre (3.2 km2)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 82 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] |
Notable person
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Rock Point MD ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Point, Maryland
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rock Point CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ^ "Old Maryland Landmarks" by Robert E.T. Pogue, 1972.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.