Scotland, Maryland

Scotland, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, is a small town (incorporated community) near the southernmost end of the state, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay.^[1] There is a summer camp, operated by the Metropolitan Police Department and the Greater Washington Area Boys and Girls Club. Nearby are the tiny town of Ridge and Point Lookout beach, the former site of an American Civil War prison camp.

Notable residents

It is the birthplace and childhood home of Orlando "Tubby" Smith, the men's basketball coach of the Memphis Tigers and former coach of Texas Tech, University of Minnesota and the University of Kentucky.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scotland, Maryland

Coordinates: 38°05′39″N 76°21′50″W / 38.094039°N 76.363907°W / 38.094039; -76.363907

Municipalities and communities of St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States

County seat: Leonardtown

Town	Leonardtown

CDPs	California Charlotte Hall Golden Beach Lexington Park Mechanicsville Piney Point St. George Island Tall Timbers

Other communities	Abell Avenue Beachville-St. Inigoes Beauvue Bushwood Callaway Chaptico Clements Coltons Point Compton Dameron Discovery Drayden Great Mills Helen Hollywood Hopewell Huntersville Loveville Maddox Morganza Oakley Oakville Oraville Park Hall Estates Ridge St. Inigoes Shores St. Mary's City Scotland Spencers Wharf Valley Lee

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