Welcome to La Plata ...The town of La Plata is located in Charles County<1> and is the County Seat for Charles County. While we don't have a date for the founding of La Plata, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. From the Census Estimates for 2019, La Plata has a population of 9,659 people<2> (see below for details). La Plata is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: La Plata lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for La Plata: 301, 227 & 240<4> The ZIP code for La Plata: 20646<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, La Plata had an population of 9,659 people. This is an increase of 10.35% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 47.44% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, La Plata had a population of 8,753 people (which is 5.95% of the total population of Charles County). This makes La Plata the county's most populous community. The population of La Plata represents 0.15% of the total population of Maryland (which has 5,773,552 people), making it the state's 26th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 8,753 people, the population of La Plata increased 33.61% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,551 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for La Plata. Communities Also Named La Plata ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named La Plata - they are located in Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas (2) and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Plata. Websites for La Plata ...Official Website: www.townoflaplata.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.cccc-md.org/ Communities near La Plata ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Plata.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around La Plata. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Plata. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Plata. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around La Plata. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Plata. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for La Plata. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Plata ...Looking for more information about La Plata? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for La Plata, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for La Plata. Adding La Plata to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of La Plata in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for La Plata was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for La Plata. Footnotes ...
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