Editing Hughesville, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Charles County, Maryland. Tobacco being dried in one of the Hughesville warehouses. - NARA - 521559.jpg|thumb|left|Tobacco being dried in one of the Hughesville warehouses, 1941]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|29.1|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|28.9|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.69%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hughesville CDP, Maryland| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref>

Hughesville was a [[tobacco]] market town.  The former tobacco warehouses are now used for second-hand thrift stores and boutique gift and craft shops.<ref>"[https://www.charlescountymd.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=3581 The Warehouse District The Rise and Fall of Hughesville’s Loose-leaf Tobacco Markets]". ''Preservation Matters: Celebrating Charles County's Historic Places''. 2018-2019.</ref>

Because Hughesville, though small, is considered the strategic geographic center of the tri-county [[Southern Maryland]] region,{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}} 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 Scouts of the USA|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/31214| title=Hughesville Chosen for 4th CSM Campus|publisher=The Baynet|access-date=2014-09-01|date=2013-02-22}}</ref>

A 5.5-MW [[Photovoltaic power station|solar farm]] near Hughesville generates enough power for 600 homes, and offsets the pollution of 1,600 cars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lexleader.net/smeco-announces-solar-project/|title=SMECO Announces Second Solar Project LexLeader|last=Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative|date=2014-04-30|website=The Lexington Park Leader|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/solar-farm-in-charles-county-gives-smeco-new-energy/2013/01/10/4810c7da-5940-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html|title=Solar farm in Charles County gives SMECO new energy|last=Newman|first=Jeff|date=January 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717092043/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/solar-farm-in-charles-county-gives-smeco-new-energy/2013/01/10/4810c7da-5940-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html|archive-date=2015-07-17|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>