Ridge, Maryland | |
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Coordinates: 38°07′09″N 76°22′26″W / 38.11917°N 76.37389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Maryland |
County | St. Mary's |
Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 20680 |
Area code(s) | 301 and 240 |
GNIS feature ID | 594897 [1] |
Ridge is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Bard's Field was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [2] It is near the southernmost tip of the western shore of Maryland, known as Point Lookout, has bodies of water on both sides, and has two popular seafood restaurants. A historically black Roman Catholic church is here, which formerly had a parochial school. [1]
The Oblate Sisters of Providence, an African American order of Catholic Nuns, maintained a convent associated with St. Peter Clavers Catholic Church and worked with the local African American Catholic community in the first half of the 20th century. They also helped to run a local Catholic High school.
Louise Daniel Hutchinson, a historian of African American history, was born in Ridge. [3]
Zip code 20653 is for Lexington Park, Md. Ridge zip is 20680