Hughesville

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.69%, is water. Hughesville was a tobacco market town. The former tobacco warehouses are now used for second-hand thrift stores and boutique gift and craft shops. Because Hughesville, though small, is considered the strategic geographic center of the tri-county Southern Maryland region, it houses institutions such as the headquarters for the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, an animal shelter, an economic development council, a board of realtors, and a homeless women's shelter, which serve the tri-county area. There is also a Girl Scout camp. The town has no traditional grid-layout streets, but consists of merely businesses along the highway and some very small outlying housing developments. It was announced in 2013 that the College of Southern Maryland is building their fourth campus in the town. A 5.5-MW solar farm near Hughesville generates enough power for 600 homes, and offsets the pollution of 1,600 cars.

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Largest nearby schools

• St. Charles High School
  High · Waldorf · 1,569 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• La Plata High School
  High · La Plata · 1,222 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• Thomas Stone High School
  High · Waldorf · 1,177 students · 15.3:1 ratio
• Benjamin Stoddert Middle School
  Middle · Waldorf · 925 students · 23.7:1 ratio
• John Hanson Middle School
  Middle · Waldorf · 772 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• J. P. Ryon Elementary School
  Elementary · Waldorf · 640 students · 15.2:1 ratio
• Mary B. Neal Elementary School
  Elementary · Waldorf · 627 students · 13.6:1 ratio
• Arthur Middleton Elementary School
  Elementary · Waldorf · 619 students · 16.3:1 ratio