Welcome is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The designated zip code is 20693.
It is located seven miles from La Plata on Maryland Route 6 West. The Goose Bay campground and marina are also located in Welcome. Rosemary Lawn, a plantation owned since the 18th century by the Barnes-Compton family, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The McConchie One-Room School was a segrated school for Black children that operated from 1912 to 1956 in Welcome. The school is now an exhibit at the Charles County Fairgrounds in La Plata.
Notable person
Barnes Compton, 19th-century Congressman and state senator, who resided at Rosemary Lawn, a plantation inherited from his mother, Mary Key (Barnes) Compton.
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