Cearfoss Maryland Map

About Cearfoss, Maryland

Cearfoss is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 338.1 people per km². Cearfoss is located at 39.7009°N, 77.7755°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21740.

Cearfoss stretches across the limestone-rich expanse of Maryland, where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 5.0 miles northwest of Hagerstown, MD (from Hagerstown, MD: bearing 324°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-northwest of Washington. The landscape is defined by a persistent, undulating topography that gives way to the modest, meandering path of Toms Run, a waterway that cuts through the local clay with quiet determination. Sunlight here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the fields a dusty gold as the afternoon wanes and the air cools against the skin. While the dense, shadowed canopy of Mont Alto State Forest remains a sixteen-mile journey away, the immediate surroundings remain dominated by an open, agrarian stillness that hums with the cyclical labor of the seasons.

Cearfoss maintains a character forged by the steady, unpretentious machinery of regional commerce and the slow accumulation of generations who have worked this soil. The local economy finds its footing in the rhythms of agriculture and the logistics of the road, moving at a pace that favors deliberate action over the frantic pulse of the city. Residents often look toward Terrapin Park for a quiet reprieve, finding in its boundaries a preserved slice of the landscape that remains untouched by the persistent expansion of asphalt. Even as the modern world encroaches, the area retains a deep-seated connection to the land, where the memory of earlier, simpler industry lingers in the architecture of the older structures and the enduring patterns of daily life.

About This Cearfoss Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cearfoss, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.700928, -77.77555. 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 Cearfoss includes the ZIP code (21740), 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.