John Hanson, Jr. was born at " Mulberry Grove " in Port Tobacco Parish in Charles County in the British Province of Maryland.

According to one of several legends, the town was given its name by Colonel Samuel Chapman, whose family owned of land in Southern Maryland, including what would become the areas of La Plata and Port Tobacco.

The town was founded in 1888, 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.

The courthouse was built there after the Port Tobacco courthouse burned down ( arson suspected, but unproven ).

La Plata has county offices, CIVISTA Medical Center ( recently enlarged ), a community theater ( Port Tobacco Players ), a large outdoor athletic complex, a large construction business, two nursing homes, and a host of stores and restaurants, in addition to a twice-weekly farmers ' market.

The population was 13 at the 2010 census, making Port Tobacco the smallest incorporated town in Maryland.

Modern restoration of the 1819 Charles County courthouse in Port Tobacco Village

Settled by the English in the 17th century and established in 1727, the town on the Port Tobacco River soon became the second largest in Maryland.

In 2007 a consortium started the Port Tobacco Archeology Project, devoted to revealing the history of Native Americans and colonial Europeans and Africans.

At the time of European exploration, this coastal area along the Port Tobacco River was the territory of the Potopaco, an Algonquian-speaking tribe.

Within a generation of the first Maryland settlers ' landing at St. Clement's Island, they pushed the frontiers of the colony north and west toward the Potomac and Port Tobacco rivers.

The English developed a small village about 1634 on the east side of the Port Tobacco tributary.

Later the English adapted the Native American name as Port Tobacco.

During the late 17th century, Port Tobacco became the second largest river port in Maryland.

The early immigrants to Port Tobacco were products of the religious turmoil in England.

Freed from restraints by the Toleration Act of 1649 and feeling a need for spiritual guidance, some settlers gathered their first Anglican church in a log building at the head of the Port Tobacco Creek.

For two centuries, Port Tobacco area residents had central roles in state and national history.

The Episcopal Church moved from Port Tobacco to the new county seat at La Plata.

The town started declining as it became cut off from access to Chesapeake Bay and ocean as silt and tidal action changed the Port Tobacco River.

Its remains today are identified as Port Tobacco Village.

Visitors continue to enjoy the reconstructed Port Tobacco Courthouse, furnished as a 19th-century courtroom.

The first phase of a proposed eastern bypass for the city is the Dublin Port Tunnel, which officially opened in 2006 to mainly cater for heavy vehicles.

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Charles then assisted Patrick on the firm's first venture into Wales, a massive commission to construct docks and a railway at Port Talbot, followed by an equally ambitious scheme to expand the port of Seaham, officially opened in 1905.

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