Mount Victoria is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...
in southern
Charles County
Charles County is a county in Southern Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 166,617. The county seat is La Plata. The county was named for Charles Calvert (1637–1715), third Baron Baltimore. Charles County is part of the Washi ...
,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...
, United States, between the
Wicomico and
Potomac Rivers.
It was named for an enormous farm of owned by
Robert Crain, an attorney and farmer whose lobbying efforts led to the opening in 1927 of the Maryland portion of
U.S. Highway 301. This farm was said at the time to be the largest private landholding in Maryland.
References
Unincorporated communities in Charles County, Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Maryland
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