Charlton Maryland Map

About Charlton, Maryland

Charlton is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 166. The population density is 393.2 people per km². Charlton is located at 39.6301°N, 77.8942°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21722.

Charlton occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 7.2 miles west of Halfway, MD (from Halfway, MD: bearing 275°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Hagerstown. The Little Conococheague Creek carves a winding path through the local topography, its waters moving with a deliberate clarity that reflects the gray, shifting clouds of the afternoon. Five miles to the west, the quiet surface of Blairs Valley Lake holds the stillness of the surrounding woods, while the deeper shadows of Polecat Hollow seem to gather the evening light long before the sun has fully retreated. The air here carries a crisp, terrestrial weight, smelling of cooling limestone and the damp, dark loam that defines the fields beyond the creek’s edge.

History in Charlton remains tethered to the slow transformation of the soil, an economy that has long favored the patient labor of agriculture over the sudden shifts of industry. Settlers once broke this ground with the knowledge that the land required a steady, unrelenting hand, a legacy that persists in the way the local residents tend to their fences and orchards. Near the quiet expanse of Clear Spring, one can sense the lingering solitude of the region’s early days, a time when the rhythm of life was dictated by the turning seasons rather than the demands of the clock. Even now, the pace of Charlton feels anchored to these older, deeper patterns, where the work of the day concludes with the same steady endurance that has defined this valley for generations.

About This Charlton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Charlton, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.630096, -77.894164. 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 Charlton includes the ZIP code (21722), 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.