1963 Map of Hollywood

About this map

U S Government Railroad tracks slice through the heart of the St. Mary's County landscape, connecting the village of Hollywood with California to the southeast. This 1960s survey captures a rural Maryland peninsula defined by its deep relationship with the water, where the Patuxent River and Cuckold Creek meet at Steer Horn Neck. Inland, the terrain is a dense network of small drainages like Brooks Run and Moll Dyers Run that break the land into elevated plateaus. The map documents several significant religious and community sites, including the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Our Ladys Chapel, and the St Andrews Ch Cem. Traces of the local tobacco and timber economy are evident in the numerous Gravel Pits and the proximity of historic landings such as Clarks Landing and St Cuthbert Wharf, reflecting a period when river transport still anchored the local geography alongside the emerging road network of St Andrews Road.