St. Inigoes, Maryland
| St. Inigoes, Maryland | |
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| Unincorporated settlement | |
 St. Inigoes, Maryland
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| Coordinates: 38°08′52″N 76°23′28″W / 38.14778°N 76.39111°WCoordinates: 38°08′52″N 76°23′28″W / 38.14778°N 76.39111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| County | St. Mary's |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 20684 |
| Area code(s) | 301 |
St. Inigoes, sometimes called St. Inigoes Shores, is a small, rural, unincorporated farming, fishing and crabbing community at the southern end of St. Mary's County in the U.S. state of Maryland that is undergoing a transition to small residential subdevelopment plots. Its eastern side is bordered by a number of coves and creeks that are connected to the St. Marys River, a brackish tidal river, near where it feeds into the mouth of the Potomac River and close to its entry point into the Chesapeake Bay.
It is a part of the site of the first colonial settlement in Maryland (along with neighboring St. Mary's City, Maryland) and is also therefore part of the ourth colonial settlement in North America.
St. Inigoes is also the site of the oldest Catholic parish in America, dating back to the 1640s.St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, which is located in St. Inigoes, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The parish is still active today.
It also hosts a small naval air facility called Webster Field, as well as Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, and is the site of the USS Tulip Civil War monument.
St. Inigoes also has a small commercial area with a general store, a pool hall and a gas station. On the western side of St. Inigoes is a small waterfront park and a public boat landing.
St. Inigoes is part of the site of the first colonial settlement in Maryland (along with neighboring St. Mary's City, Maryland) and is where the Jesuit priests who came with the first Maryland settlers created their first farm and mission. They brought with them 20 indentured servants and soon established a tobacco plantation in St. Inigoes in order to fund the mission.
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