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Annapolis

Annapolis, Maryland
State capital
City of Annapolis
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland
Flag of Annapolis, Maryland
Flag
Coat of arms of Annapolis, Maryland
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): "America's Sailing Capital," "Sailing Capital of the World," "Naptown," "Crabtown on the Bay"
Motto: "Vixi Liber Et Moriar"
("I have lived, and I shall die, free")
Location in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Location in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Annapolis is located in Maryland
Annapolis
Annapolis
Annapolis is located in the US
Annapolis
Annapolis
Location within the state of Maryland
Coordinates: 38°58′22.6″N 76°30′4.17″W / 38.972944°N 76.5011583°W / 38.972944; -76.5011583Coordinates: 38°58′22.6″N 76°30′4.17″W / 38.972944°N 76.5011583°W / 38.972944; -76.5011583
Country  United States
State  Maryland
County Anne Arundel
Founded 1649
Incorporated 1708
Named for Princess Anne of Denmark & Norway
Government
 • Mayor Mike Pantelides (R) (2013–)
 • City Council
Area
 • Total 20.98 km2 (8.10 sq mi)
 • Land 18.60 km2 (7.18 sq mi)
 • Water 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation 12 m (39 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 38,394
 • Estimate (2013) 38,722
 • Density 2,064.6/km2 (5,347.4/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Annapolitan
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP Codes 21401-21405, 21409, 21411-21412
Area code(s) 410, 443
FIPS code 24-01600
GNIS feature ID 0595031
Highways I-97, US 50, US 301, MD 2, MD 70, MD 178, MD 450, MD 665
Website www.annapolis.gov

Annapolis (/əˈnæpəls/) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, 25 miles (40 km) south of Baltimore and about 30 miles (50 km) east of Washington, DC, Annapolis is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. Its population was measured at 38,394 by the 2010 census.

The city served as the seat of the Continental Congress in 1783–84 and was the site of the 1786 Annapolis Convention (which called for the Constitutional Convention held the following year) and the Annapolis Peace Conference, held in 2007. Annapolis is the home of St. John's College as well as the United States Naval Academy.

A settlement in the Province of Maryland named "Providence" was founded on the north shore of the Severn River in 1649 by Puritan exiles from Virginia led by Governor William Stone (1603–60). The settlers later moved to a better-protected harbor on the south shore. The settlement on the south shore was initially named "Town at Proctor's," then "Town at the Severn," and later "Anne Arundel's Towne" (after the wife of Lord Baltimore who died soon afterwards).


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