Port Republic is a small, rural

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located at the crossroads of MD routes 2/ MD 4,

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, MD 509, MD 765, and Parkers Creek Road in

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, United States. It is approximately five miles south of Prince Frederick, the county seat of Calvert County. While Port Republic is not incorporated and has no central business district, it nonetheless features several places of note, including historic Christ Episcopal Church, listed on the

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in 1973, and a restored

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building. The annual Calvert County

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Tournament is held the last Saturday in August on the grounds of Christ Church, and was featured in a 2005 edition of

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" feature. The former

College of Southern Maryland The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is a public community college with campuses in Hughesville, La Plata, Leonardtown, and Prince Frederick, Maryland. It serves students living in Southern Maryland's Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert count ...

campus at Port Republic was relocated in 2005 to Prince Frederick. Residential communities located in Port Republic include Governors' Run, Kenwood Beach,

Scientists' Cliffs Scientists' Cliffs is an unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. Other names used for the community include Annes Aggravation, Flippos Folly, Pathologists Quagmire. The private community was first established in 19 ...

, and Western Shores. Port Republic has a

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with the designated ZIP code 20676.

Notable person

Earl F. Hance Earl F. "Buddy" Hance (born July 17, 1955), is an American politician who served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Governor Martin O'Malley from May 2009 to January 2015, after serving as Deputy Secretary of ...

– Secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture from 2009 to 2015; owns a 600-acre farm in Port RepublicMaryland Department of Agriculture-Secretary Earl F, Hance
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References

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