Malcolm, Maryland
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Malcolm is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
, essentially centered on a five-way intersection in
Charles County Charles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 166,617. The county seat is La Plata. The county was named for Charles Calvert (1637–1715), third Baron Baltimore. The ...
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, United States, located approximately east of Waldorf. Horsehead Road, one of the five roads meeting here, was the route traveled by
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to Dr. Mudd's house after Booth's
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. Malcolm is known locally by the deprecated name "Dogpatch." Malcolm Elementary School, named for the Malcolm community, is a primary school located there. It is a certified Blue Ribbon school according to the Charles County Board of Education. It sits in a rural area of the community, slightly west of the Patuxent river. Malcolm is located at (38.616667, -76.786944).


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Unincorporated communities in Maryland Unincorporated communities in Charles County, Maryland {{CharlesCountyMD-geo-stub