La Plata Wedding

La Plata is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,551 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Charles CountyGR6. Although the town's name appears to be derived from Spanish, it is pronounced IPA /lple/ listen, unlike the famous river in Argentina.

The town's name means that it is built on a plateau, or area of flat terrain. The town was founded approximately 1895 after the river flowing into the previous County seat, Port Tobacco (a few miles to the west), silted up, ending that town's utility as a port. At the same time a new railroad line made La Plata attractive as a new county seat location and so the Courthouse was built there. Christ Episcopal Church was dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt in La Plata. In 1935, the opening of the 2-mile-long Harry Nice Memorial Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 301 over the Potomac River, provided a link to Virginia and gave long-distance east coast thru-travelers an alternative to using U.S. Route 1 and, later, the often-congested Interstate 95.

La Plata is located at 38323N, 765824W (38.534258, -76.973377)GR1.