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7 unusual facts about Patuxent River


Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore

Unfortunately Talbot proved to be a poor choice, stabbing to death a Royal customs official on board his ship in the Patuxent River, and thereby ensuring that his uncle suffered immediate difficulties on his return to London.

Chesapeake Bay Flotilla

On 19 August 1814, the Flotilla left St. Leonard’s Creek and sailed north up the Patuxent River.

Daniel Raymer

While growing up, his family lived at the in Patuxent River, Maryland, where his father attended test pilot school at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

James Albert Gary

He spent much of his working life in textile manufacture in the Baltimore, Maryland, region, and was involved with cotton mills along the Patapsco and Patuxent Rivers, including Ely, Guilford, and Laurel, Maryland.

John Pender Paynter

In 1814 Lieutenant Paynter proceeded to America and was present at the capture of Fort Washington and the capitulation of Alexandria up the Patuxent: On his return to England in 1816, Paynter was advanced to Commander.

S. David Griggs

In 1967 Griggs entered the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland and upon completion of test pilot training was assigned to the Flying Qualities and Performance Branch, Flight Test Division, where he flew various test projects on fighter and attack-type aircraft.

Temco TT Pinto

After its first flight in 1956, the prototype was sent to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) Patuxent River to be evaluated alongside the Beech Model 73 Jet Mentor.


Chalk Point Generating Station

The Chalk Point Generating Station is a 2,647-MWe electricity-generating plant owned by NRG (formerly Genon) which is located near the tiny incorporated town of Eagle Harbor, Maryland, United States, on the Patuxent River.

Marlboro Motor Raceway

The old parking lot area is currently leased out (according to Ghost Tracks by SCCA historian Pete Hylton, the site is being used for leaf mulching) but the track area itself has only been intruded upon by a neighboring branch of the Patuxent River.

Snell's Bridge

Snell's Bridge is an historic bridge over the Patuxent River near Fulton, Maryland.


see also

Naval Air Station Patuxent River

On 1 April 1976, Patuxent River's air field was named after pioneering aviator VADM Frederick M. Trapnell, a

Richard Snowden

A 1753 letter by Charles Carroll of Annapolis noted that Snowden's forge was the only one in Maryland to have ore near navigable waters (i.e. the Patuxent River).