Marbury is an

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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 Wash ...

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, United States. It has been designated the zip code of 20658. Marbury is located 6.3 miles from

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. Marbury was the point at which the tornado of April 28, 2002 touched down, before traveling east to demolish much of La Plata. Marbury is located at (38.575278, -77.155833)

Attractions

Smallwood State Park, named for

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, is located in nearby

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. ''Smallwood's Retreat'', Sweden Point Marina, and an art gallery are located in the park. Smallwood State Park has hosted numerous fishing tournaments, including events in the

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's Bassmasters series.

Schools

Gale-Bailey Elementary School is located in Marbury. Middle- and high-school students attend General Smallwood Middle School and Henry E. Lackey High School.

Demographics

Election district 10, which includes Marbury, had 3234 residents as of 2000. That is a wider area than Marbury itself; other sources say it has 913 residents.

Notable person

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (born January 4, 1933) is an American writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. Naylor is best known for her children's-novel quartet '' Shiloh'' (a 1992 Newbery Medal winner) and for her "Alice" book ser ...

vacationed with her paternal grandparents, who lived in Marbury during the 1930s.

Notes

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