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{{Infobox Settlement|official_name = '''St. Leonard''' is a census-designated place (CDP) in [[Calvert County, Maryland|settlement_type = Calvert County]], Maryland. The population was officially 536 at the 2000 census, although residents of the [[CensusCalvert Beach-designated place|CDPLong 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]]|nickname = |motto = . The opening scene of the 1993 Clint Eastwood film In the Line of Fire was filmed at the Flag Harbor Marina in St. Leonard.
<!-- Images -->|image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = 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.
<!-- Maps -->|image_map = Calvert_County_Maryland_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_St._Leonard_Highlighted.svg|mapsize = 250x200px|map_caption = Location of St. Leonard, Maryland|image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 =  <!-- Location -->|subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]|subdivision_name = [[United States]]|subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]]|subdivision_name1 = [[Maryland]]|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Maryland|County]]|subdivision_name2 = [[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert]]|government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date =  <!-- Area -->|unit_pref = Imperial|area_footnotes =  |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 8.4|area_land_km2 = 8.4|area_water_km2 = 0.0|area_total_sq_mi = 3.3|area_land_sq_mi = 3.3|area_water_sq_mi = 0.0 <!-- Population -->|population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2000|2000]]|population_footnotes = |population_total = 536|population_density_km2 = 63.6|population_density_sq_mi = 164.8 <!-- General information -->|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]|utc_offset = -5|timezone_DST = EDT|utc_offset_DST = -4|elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 33|elevation_ft = 108|latd = 38 |latm = 28 |lats = 23 |latNS = N|longd = 76 |longm = 30 |longs = 13 |longEW = W <!-- Area/postal codes & others -->|postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]|blank_info = 24-69675|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID|blank1_info = 0591216|website = |footnotes = }}'''St. Leonard''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Calvert County, Maryland|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 [[Celts|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.
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<googlemap version="0.9" lat="38.459235" lon="-76.49231" zoom="13" scale="yes" overview="yes"></googlemap> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 3.2&nbsp;[[square mile]]s miles (8.4&nbsp;[[km²]]), all of it land.
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