Ruthsburg, Maryland

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Ruthsburg is an unincorporated community in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States.^[1] Ruthsburg made national headlines in 2009, when the proposed creation of a U.S. State Department training center spurred unexpected controversy between those who believed it would have devastated neighboring Tuckahoe State Park, The Chesapeake Bay, wildlife, agriculture, communities, and the region as a whole and those who believed it would lead to economic benefits for local businesses, including but not limited to, local firms involved in the construction of the facility, 500 new jobs forecasted to be brought by the facility, as well as additional new people brought to the area as transfers who would then be participants in the local economy. In mid-2010, the State Department scrapped plans for the facility.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ruthsburg, Maryland
↑ "Some in Md. town call anti-terrorism training plan a dud," The Washington Post, by Aaron C. Davis, February 23, 2010

v t e Municipalities and communities of Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States

County seat: Centreville

Towns	Barclay Centreville Church Hill Millington‡ Queen Anne‡ Queenstown Sudlersville Templeville‡

CDPs	Chester Grasonville Kent Narrows Kingstown Stevensville

Other communities	Crumpton Dominion Dudley Corners Ingleside Love Point Matapeake Normans Price Romancoke Ruthsburg

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°00′11″N 75°57′29″W / 39.00306°N 75.95806°W / 39.00306; -75.95806

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