THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF 

 CALVERT COUNTY 



INTRODUCTION 



Calvert County constitutes with Aiuic Arumlcl. rrince George's, 

 Charles, and St. Clary's counties, what is called Southern Marvlaiid. It 

 is located between the parallels 38° ID' and 38° 4(5' north latitude and 

 the meridians 76° 23' and 76° 42' west longitude and covers an area of 

 216.8 square miles. Calvert County was first established in 1654, its 

 confines at that time embracing portions of what are now Anne Arundel 

 and Prince George's counties, although its wc-tcrnnidst limits were 

 somewhat indefinite. In 1674 its northern boundarv was restricted, 

 although still comprising a small area in Ihe northeastern part of the 

 county which in LS'^o was incorporated with Anne Arundel County, 

 the present limits of Calvert County dating from that time. 



Calvert County is entirely surrounded by navigable waters except along 

 its northern boundary adjacent to Anne Arundel County. The eastern 

 boundary of the i-ounty is the Chesapeake Bay, while its soulhern and 

 western boundaries are marked by the waters of the Patuxent Tviver. 



Calvert County constitutes a peninsula along which from north to south 

 runs an elevated |ihiin ihat gi'ailually descends from an extreme eleva- 

 tion of somewhat over 180 feet near the northern limits of the county 

 to about 100 feet in the south. From this highland, the waterslied of 

 which is not far from the Chesapeake Bay, the drainage is to the east- 

 ward by short courses to the Chesapeake Bay and to the westward by 

 longer channels to the Patuxent River. 'J'he county-town is Prince 

 Frederick, situated on the upland plain near the center of the county. 



