Malcolm, Maryland

Malcolm, Maryland
Unincorporated community
Malcolm Location within the state of Maryland Show map of Maryland Malcolm Malcolm (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 38°37′00″N 76°47′13″W / 38.61667°N 76.78694°W / 38.61667; -76.78694
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Charles
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	20601
Area code	301

Malcolm is an unincorporated community, essentially centered on a five-way intersection in Charles County, Maryland, United States, located approximately seven miles (11 km) east of Waldorf. Horsehead Road, one of the five roads meeting here, was the route traveled by John Wilkes Booth to Dr. Mudd's house after Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Malcolm is known locally by the deprecated name "Dogpatch." Malcolm Elementary School, named for the Malcolm community, is a primary school located there. It is a certified Blue Ribbon school according to the Charles County Board of Education. It sits in a rural area of the community, slightly west of the Patuxent river.

Malcolm is located at 38°37′0″N 76°47′13″W / 38.61667°N 76.78694°W / 38.61667; -76.78694 (38.616667, -76.786944).^[1]

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This page was last edited on 27 July 2023, at 04:02