title: Patuxent
text: # Patuxent
  
  Patuxent may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Patuxent people, an Algonquian people indigenous to what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States
  
  ## Places and geological features
  
  * Patuxent, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Charles County
  * Patuxent Ice Stream, between the Patuxent Range and Pecora Escarpment
  * Patuxent Range, a mountain chain in Antarctica
  * Patuxent River, Maryland
  * Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility in Beltsville, Maryland
  * Naval Air Station Patuxent River, an installation of the United States Navy in St. Mary's County, Maryland
  * Calvert County, Maryland, once known as Patuxent County
  * Woodwardville, Maryland, an unincorporated community known as Patuxent from 1927 to the 1980s
  
  ## Other
  
  * Patuxent River stone, the state gem of Maryland
  * USS Patuxent (AT-11), sea-going tugboat in commission with the United States Navy from 1909 to 1924
  * USS Patuxent (AO-44), an oiler in commission with the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946
  * USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201), a fleet replenishment oiler in service with the United States Navy since 1995.
  