Calverton Maryland Map

About Calverton, Maryland

Calverton is a locality in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of 17,316. The population density is 1461.0 people per km². Calverton is located at 39.0581°N, 76.9508°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21619, 20705.

Calverton holds the dark, silt-heavy waters of Crab Alley Creek within its borders, a waterway that dictates the slow, tidal pulse of the landscape. It lies 10.7 miles east of Annapolis Neck, MD (from Annapolis Neck, MD: bearing 87°T), and is situated 2.9 miles south-southeast of Stevensville. The earth here leans toward the brackish, where the moisture of Coxes Bay hangs in the air, softening the edges of the horizon and turning the afternoon light into a bruised, pearlescent gray. Only a mile offshore, the low silhouette of Johnson Island breaks the expanse of the water, acting as a silent sentinel against the encroaching tides. Inland, the terrain stretches out in flat, moisture-rich expanses, distinct from the distant, jagged line of Bacon Ridge that marks the far western edge of the observer’s view. During the quiet hours of the morning, the dampness rises from the low ground, blurring the distinction between the sky and the marshy scrublands that characterize the local geography.

Calverton maintains an economy deeply intertwined with the rhythms of the water, a legacy that survives in the steady, methodical labor of those who work the flats and the nearby stretches of Kirwans Creek. History here is written in the residue of the tides, where the industry of previous generations left behind a culture of self-reliance and a persistent, quiet endurance. While Lake Cardoza sits three miles away, offering a still, freshwater contrast to the salt-tinged currents of the creek, the primary focus of the region remains the interface between land and sea. Residents often travel the eight miles to the Duck Inn Trail to find a reprieve in the woods, yet they always return to the familiar, humid atmosphere of the low-lying basin. The character of the place is not found in grand architecture, but in the way the local life organizes itself around the seasonal shifts of the bay, keeping a pace that is dictated more by the moon and the tide than by the frantic demands of the modern world.

About This Calverton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Calverton, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.058085, -76.950848. 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 Calverton includes the ZIP code (21619, 20705), telephone area code (410, 443, 301, 240), county seat of Queen Anne's County (Centreville), and school district assignment (Montgomery 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.