St. Inigoes, Maryland

St. Inigoes, Maryland
Unincorporated settlement
St. Inigoes, Maryland is located in Maryland
St. Inigoes, Maryland
St. Inigoes, Maryland
Location in Maryland
St. Inigoes, Maryland is located in the United States
St. Inigoes, Maryland
St. Inigoes, Maryland
St. Inigoes, Maryland (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°08′52″N 76°23′28″W / 38.14778°N 76.39111°W / 38.14778; -76.39111
Country United States
State Maryland
County St. Mary's
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
20684
Area codes301, 240

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.[1][2] Its western side is bordered by a number of coves and creeks that are connected to the St. Marys River, a brackish tidal tributary, 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) and is also therefore part of the fourth colonial settlement in North America.[3]

St. Inigoes is also the site of the oldest Catholic parish in the United States, dating back to the 1640s.[3] St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, which is located in St. Inigoes, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[4] 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.[5][6]

St. Inigoes also has a small commercial area with a general store, a pool hall and a gas station.[7] On the western side of St. Inigoes is a small waterfront park and a public boat landing.[8]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Inigoes, Maryland
  2. ^ "Oral History Interview of Elsie Bean, born in St. Mary's County 1899." Slackwater Journal. St. Mary's College of Maryland.
  3. ^ a b Roylance, Frank D. (October 5, 2000). "1600s Jesuit mission found in Maryland". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  5. ^ "U.S. Tulip Monument". St. Mary's County Division of Tourism. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "NAS commemorates USS Tulip" DCMilitary.com. Comprint Military Publications. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  7. ^ "St. Inigoes General Store". St. Mary's County Division of Tourism. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  8. ^ "St. Inigoes Landing". St. Mary's County Division of Tourism. Retrieved February 13, 2014.