Breathedsville Maryland Map

About Breathedsville, Maryland

Breathedsville is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 255. The population density is 264.7 people per km². Breathedsville is located at 39.5437°N, 77.7180°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21713.

Breathedsville occupies a quiet stretch of land where the limestone earth yields to the steady, rhythmic passage of the Antietam Creek. It lies 4.9 miles south-southwest of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 192°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south of Hagerstown. The air here holds a distinct, settled weight, carrying the scent of damp soil and ancient stone as the light fades into a bruised, violet gray against the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains standing in the distance. Residents walk the paths of the Weverton-Roxbury Rail Trail, where the iron-cold stillness of the woods offers a respite from the wider, sun-drenched fields. In the long hours of the afternoon, the shadows lengthen across the pastures, emphasizing the patient, slow-turning nature of a geography defined by its inland solitude and the persistent, winding course of its primary waterway.

Breathedsville bears the marks of an agrarian legacy, its identity forged in the stubborn productivity of the soil and the legacy of mills that once parsed the local harvest. While the economy has shifted away from the heavy industry of the past, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the land, favoring the quiet endurance of farmhouse and field over the frantic pace of the modern corridor. History lingers in the architecture of the older structures, which stand as functional artifacts of a rural society that prioritized the harvest and the neighborly exchange of labor. Even as the decades have smoothed the edges of its early development, Breathedsville retains a deliberate, unadorned character, marked by the simple, profound utility of a place that understands its own boundaries and respects the silence of its own history.

About This Breathedsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Breathedsville, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.543709, -77.718048. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Breathedsville includes the ZIP code (21713), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Washington County (Hagerstown), and school district assignment (Washington County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.