Morgantown, Maryland

Morgantown, Maryland
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°20′43″N 76°58′16″W / 38.34528°N 76.97111°W / 38.34528; -76.97111Coordinates: 38°20′43″N 76°58′16″W / 38.34528°N 76.97111°W / 38.34528; -76.97111
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Charles
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	590827

Morgantown is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland. It lies south of the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge on the Potomac River at Lower Cedar Point. It is known for the Mirant Morgantown Generating Station smokestacks. The community had ferryboat service to Potomac Beach in Virginia before the present bridge opened in 1940.Waverley was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. In 2007, a controversial coal barge loading facility was under construction at the power plant on Popes Creek.