| Bryantown, Maryland | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bryantown |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Maryland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maryland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Charles |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.74 |
| Area Land Km2: | 10.73 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 653 |
| Population Density Km2: | 60.84 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 38.555°N -76.8419°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 20617 |
| Area Code: | 301 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 24-10950 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 589841 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.15 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.14 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 157.58 |
Bryantown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Maryland Route 5. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 655.[2]
Bryantown stands on land known as Boarman's Manor, a 4000acres manor granted to Major William Boarman in 1674.[3] Bryantown is associated with the flight in 1865 of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth, and its St. Mary's Catholic Church is the burial place of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who lived 5miles to the north, and who in November 1864 had first met Booth at the church.
Oakland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Bryantown Historic District was listed in 1985, and The Lindens in 1990.