Saint Leonard, Maryland

St. Leonard, Maryland
Location of St. Leonard, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°28′23″N 76°30′13″W
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Calvert
Area
- Total	3.3 sq mi (8.4 km²)
- Land	3.3 sq mi (8.4 km²)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	108 ft (33 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	536
- Density	164.8/sq mi (63.6/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 officially 536 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Calvert Beach-Long Beach, Maryland community also use the St. Leonard zip code designation, making it in fact a much larger community. It contains a large antique dealer complex, and is a few miles north of the popular weekend resort town Solomons, Maryland. The opening scene of the 1993 Clint Eastwood film In the Line of Fire was filmed at the Flag Harbor Marina in St. Leonard.

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. St. Leonard also has a volunteer fire department which has hosted numerous high profile musical acts, including Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hootie and the Blowfish at an outdoor pavilion adjacent to the fire department.

Notable places of interest in the St. Leonard area include Flag Ponds Nature Park, a nature preserve along the Chesapeake Bay, and Jefferson Patterson State Park, home to an annual Celtic festival, the State's archaeological facility, and 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.

Geography

St. Leonard is located at 38°28′23″N 76°30′13″W (38.472963, -76.503713).http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Button_blockquote.png Insert block of quoted text

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.4 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 536 people, 169 households, and 142 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 164.8 people per square mile (63.7/km²). There were 178 housing units at an average density of 54.7/sq mi (21.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.25% White, 7.84% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 2.61% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.17% of the population.

There were 169 households out of which 49.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.4% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size was 3.41.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 30.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $67,188, and the median income for a family was $62,321. Males had a median income of $40,809 versus $31,641 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,884. About 7.5% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

External links

• Saint Leonard, Maryland is at coordinates 38.472963, -76.503713 (Saint Leonard, Maryland)