Editing Hughesville, Maryland

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'''Hughesville''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Charles County, Maryland|Charles County]], [[Maryland]], United States. The population was 2,197 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Hughesville CDP, Maryland| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> [[Truman's Place]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>

==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>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 2438
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,537 people, 503 households, and 407 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|137.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 529 housing units at an average density of {{convert|47.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 13.08% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.72% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.73% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.24% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 503 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $90,697, and the median income for a family was $103,393. Males had a median income of $49,500 versus $36,563 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $29,884. About 4.8% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

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"Hughesville: A Commercial and Tobacco Marketing Center" Charles County Historic Preservation Magazine https://www.charlescountymd.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=3581

[[Category:Census-designated places in Charles County, Maryland]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Maryland]]