Morgantown is an unincorporated community in Charles County

Charles County, Maryland

Charles County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Maryland.As of 2010, the population was 146,551. Its county seat is La Plata. This county was named for Charles Calvert , third Baron Baltimore....

, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. It lies south of the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge

Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge

The Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge is a , two-lane continuous truss bridge that spans the Potomac River between Newburg in Charles County, Maryland and Dahlgren in King George County, Virginia, USA....

 on the Potomac River

Potomac River

The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...

 at Lower Cedar Point. It is known for the Mirant

Mirant

Mirant Corporation, an Atlanta-based energy company, produces and sells electricity in the United States. The company was spun off from its former parent, Southern Company, on April 2, 2001...

 Morgantown Generating Station

Morgantown Generating Station

The Morgantown Generating Station is a 1,477 MW electric generating plant owned by GenOn , located in the unincorporated town of Newburg, Maryland, near Morgantown, on the Potomac River...

 smokestacks. In 2007, a controversial coal barge loading facility was under construction at the power plant on Popes Creek. Much later, the community had ferryboat service to Potomac Beach in Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 before the present bridge opened in 1940. Waverley

Waverley (Morgantown, Maryland)

Waverley is a historic home located at Morgantown, Charles County, Maryland. It is a large five-bay, two story Flemish-bond brick house, that faces the Potomac River...

 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1975.