St. Leonard, Maryland
| St. Leonard, Maryland | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Location of St. Leonard, Maryland |
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| Coordinates: 38°28′23″N 76°30′13″W / 38.47306°N 76.50361°WCoordinates: 38°28′23″N 76°30′13″W / 38.47306°N 76.50361°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 Maryland
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| County |
 Calvert
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| Area | |
| • Total | 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km2) |
| • Land | 2.3 sq mi (5.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 108 ft (33 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 742 |
| • Density | 326/sq mi (125.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 24-69675 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0591216 |
St. Leonard is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 742 at the 2010 census. Residents of the Calvert Beach and Long Beach communities also use the St. Leonard ZIP code designation. St. Leonard has a large antique dealer complex.
St. Leonard has a small central business district with several small shops, gas stations, and an independent grocery store originally owned and operated by former Calvert County Commissioner Patrick Buehler. The town has a volunteer fire department which has hosted numerous high-profile musical acts, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alan Jackson, and Hootie and the Blowfish at an outdoor pavilion adjacent to the fire department.
Notable places of interest near St. Leonard include Flag Ponds Nature Park, a nature preserve south of Long Beach along Chesapeake Bay, and Jefferson Patterson State Park 7 miles (11 km) south of town, home to an annual Celtic festival, to Maryland's state archaeological facility, and the site of several key naval battles fought in the Patuxent River during the War of 1812.
A detailed history of St. Leonard can be found in Sara Ehrenbeck Leeland's book St. Leonard: A Maryland Tidewater Community, published by the St. Leonard Vision Group in 2004.
St. Leonard is located in southeastern Calvert County at 38°28′23″N 76°30′13″W / 38.47306°N 76.50361°W (38.472963, -76.503713). It is bordered to the east by the community of Calvert Beach and to the southeast by Long Beach. Maryland Routes 2/4 form the western side of the community, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Prince Frederick, the Calvert County seat, and south 13 miles (21 km) to Solomons. Maryland Route 765 (St. Leonard Road) forms the older main road through the center of the community.
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