Port Republic is a small, rural community located in
Calvert County, Maryland

Maryland

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. It is approximately
5 miles south of Prince Frederick, Maryland

Prince Frederick, Maryland

Prince Frederick is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, not to be confused with the incorporated, and much larger, city of Frederick some to the northwest in Frederick County...

, the county
seat of Calvert County. While Port Republic is
not incorporated and has no central business district,
it nonetheless features several places of note,
including historic Christ Episcopal Church

Christ Church (Port Republic, Maryland)

The Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Port Republic, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The church is a three-bay-wide, five bays long, beige stucco covered structure featuring stained glass in most of the tall paired round-arched sash windows. It is the mother Episcopal...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1973, and a
restored one room school building. The annual
Calvert County Jousting

Jousting

Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two knights mounted on horses and using lances, often as part of a tournament.Jousting emerged in the High Middle Ages based on the military use of the lance by heavy cavalry. The first camels tournament was staged in 1066, but jousting itself did not...

 Tournament is held the last Saturday in August on the grounds of Christ Church, and was
featured in a 2005 edition of
ESPN

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'sSportsCenter

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's 50 States in 50 Days feature.

Residential communities located in Port Republic
include Governors' Run, Kenwood Beach, Scientists' Cliffs

Scientists' Cliffs

Scientists' Cliffs is an unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. Other names used for the community include Annes Aggravation, Flippos Folly, Pathologists Quagmire, and Scientists Cliff...

, and Western Shores. Port
Republic has a post office

Post office

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 with the designated
zip code

ZIP Code

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being 20676.