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Learn about Great Mills, Maryland

Great Mills is an unincorporated community in St. Mary’s County.  Great Mills is a suburb of Lexington Park and very close to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.  Like most Maryland towns, Great Mills has no local government.  This is due to a history of strong county governance in the state of Maryland.

The area around Great Mills is rapidly developing.  It is home to commuters who work in Lexington Park and the nearby military base.  Other residents work at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.  Some residents also commute to Leonardtown.  There are still farming, fishing and crabbing communities in the area, although all of these are under economic pressure.

Great Mills Road has shopping centers and small, low- to middle-income housing developments.  There is also a park with office space, a playground, and space for sports.  Great Mills High School serves the lower end of the county.

The area was part of the original agricultural expansion in Maryland.  This occurred after the initial settling of the first Colony in St. Mary’s City.  Early planters established farms in the area by the mid to late 17th century.

Two Medal of Honor winners were residents of Great Mills.  William H. Barnes and James H. Harris were both free African-American farmers.  They served as soldiers in the Union Army during the American Civil War.  They are both specifically mentioned and memorialized at the United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue.  This monument is just north of Great Mills in Lexington Park.

The site is also a memorial to the more than 700 African-American soldiers and sailors from St. Mary’s County who served in the Union forces during the American Civil War.  Special celebrations are also held there each year.