Bryantown’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Bryantown. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBryantown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Maryland Route 5. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 655. Bryantown stands on land known as Boarman's Manor, a 4,000-acre (16 km2) manor granted to Major William Boarman in 1674. Bryantown is associated with the flight in 1865 of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth, and its St. Mary's Catholic Church is the burial place of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who lived 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north, and who in November 1864 had first met Booth at the church. Oakland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Bryantown Historic Distri…
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 655 people in 2010, 653 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1982.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bryantown yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Bryantown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bryantown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBryantown Tavern: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Bryantown
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Bryantown, decade by decade
2000
3 historic places in Bryantown
Bryantown has 3 listings on the National Register, and they protect 13 historic buildings, because Bryantown Historic District alone counts 11.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bryantown Tavern and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.