Brownsville Maryland Map

About Brownsville, Maryland

Brownsville is a locality in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 139.2 people per km². Brownsville is located at 39.3782°N, 77.6616°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21715, 21617, 21758.

Brownsville occupies a landscape defined by the slow, rhythmic transition of land toward the brackish reaches of the coast. It lies 1.9 miles northeast of Queen Annes, MD (from Queen Annes, MD: bearing 41°T), and is situated 2.3 miles west of Centreville. The air here carries a persistent salt-heavy dampness, often clinging to the low-lying fields where the soil remains dark and damp from the proximity of the tides. Only a mile away, the quiet flow of Grove Creek carves a narrow path through the earth, feeding into the wider expanse of Earle Cove, which glimmers under the afternoon sun like a sheet of hammered pewter. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the horizon remains open and vast, a stark contrast to the distant, hazy blue silhouette of Bacon Ridge, which stands as a silent sentinel nearly thirty miles to the west.

Brownsville maintains a quiet economy that has long been tethered to the harvest of the water and the cultivation of the surrounding fields. Local life centers on the modest infrastructure of Route 18 Park, where the wind rustles through the marsh grasses and provides a stark, open space for the community to gather. History lingers in the architecture of the older dwellings, which have weathered the humid summers and the biting, damp winters that blow in from the open coastline. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the bustle of the interior, while the nearby presence of Carpenter Island and the distant, sheltered relief of Bookers Hollow provide a sense of scale to a geography shaped by water and time.

About This Brownsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brownsville, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.378174, -77.661555. 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 Brownsville includes the ZIP code (21715, 21617, 21758), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Queen Anne's County (Centreville), 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.