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# South County, Maryland (U.S.)

## Anne Arundel County

Last modified: 2026-04-25 by rick wyatt
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Flag designed by Nancy Lee Young
image adapted to FOTW standards by David Sigley, 23 September 2024
based on photo

- Description of the flag

See also:

- Anne Arundel County
- County and Municipal flags of Maryland
- Maryland
- United States of America

## Description of the Flag

Reported at www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/12_20-28/CSC:

> "Artists of all ages are invited to design a flag depicting south county's past from an historical and geographical perspective including Shady Side, surrounding communities on the West River and the Chesapeake Bay to be flown at the Captain Salem Avery House Museum in Shady Side.
> The flag will be displayed on the new flagpole at the museum, which will be dedicated in June in memory of the late Barbara Owings, founder and past president of the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society. Artwork [...] should be presented on 8½ x 11" paper and can use up to three colors. [...] Entrants should describe their creative process in 100 words or less. Entries will be judged by the society's Flag Committee and announced on March 15. All will be displayed at the museum at the time of the dedication of the new flagpole, a gift of the Barbara Owings Memorial Fund, in June."

Valentin Poposki, 30 December 2006

South County [Maryland] is not an official county. It is an informal designation for southern Anne Arundel County.
Ned Smith, 30 December 2006

Rodney Calver reports in "The Capital" (1), 15 May 2006, that Ms. Nancy Lee Young, a retired illustrator from the federal government, won the South County flag contest:

> "[...]
> The contest, organized by the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society, attracted 21 entries. Ms. Young's depiction, showing a blue crab, an oyster boat, a heron and a tobacco barn was unanimously selected as the best. The flag will be dedicated in honor of the late Barbara Owings at the Captain Salem Avery House Museum in Shady Side on June 16. The late Mrs. Owings was a founding member and past president of the society.
> [...]
> The artist, who confesses to know nothing about computers, did what she knows best. She took out her manicure scissors and some marine, blue paper and cut out her four designs, one for each quadrant of the flag. Ms. Young, a sprightly 76-year-old, said: "When I concentrate, my hands shake a little and I cut the legs off the crab. But I was able to find some paper the same color as the marine blue, so I was able to put more legs on."
> [...]
> At the museum, Old Glory will still hold pride of place atop the flagpole. But the new design will hang on the yardarm, alongside the Maryland flag.
> [...]
> Second place went to Sue Dipple of Lothian. Clara Gouin of Deale, was third and Don Avery of Deale received an honorable mention. All will be on display at the June 16 dedication. Also present will be actor Allen Gephardt, of Baltimore, in the role of Francis Scott Key.[...]"

Ivan Sache, 17 May 2006

The flag was featured on a Facebook Post by the Captain Avery Museum, which features not only a photo of the flag, but a drawing of it as well.
Source to the post: https://www.facebook.com/CaptainAveryMuseum/posts
Photo of the flag: https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/
David Sigley, 23 September, 2024