Choptank Maryland Map

About Choptank, Maryland

Choptank is a locality in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 126. The population density is 204.4 people per km². Choptank is located at 38.6809°N, 75.9483°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21655.

Choptank emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the mid-peninsula as a quiet collection of frame houses and sprawling fields. It lies 9.4 miles southeast of Easton, MD (from Easton, MD: bearing 133°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west of Federalsburg. Fox Creek carves a narrow, sluggish path through the low-lying terrain, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid sky of late summer afternoons. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the landscape stretches toward the horizon in a patchwork of agricultural plots and dense copses of hardwood. To the east, the sprawling expanse of Chesapeake Forest Lands offers a dense, protective canopy that buffers the regional winds, while the distant, gentle rise of Opossum Hill provides a soft anchor for the otherwise level topography. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness, carrying the scent of damp earth and drying corn stalks, a sensory signature that defines the rhythm of the days.

Choptank maintains an economy deeply rooted in the stewardship of the surrounding soil, with generations of families tending to the crops that define the seasonal turn of the calendar. Historically, the area functioned as a crossroads for inland transport, its identity shaped by the slow, deliberate work of farming and the maintenance of local thoroughfares. Life in Choptank moves with a gravity that favors persistence over haste, visible in the weathered siding of older barns and the steady, unpretentious activity of the local woodshops. While the modern world presses in from the periphery, the proximity of the woods ensures that long stretches of the day remain untouched by anything louder than the rustle of leaves. It is a place where the history of the land is measured in the cycles of harvest and the slow, inevitable reclamation of fallow fields by the encroaching brush.

About This Choptank Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Choptank, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.680949, -75.94827. 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 Choptank includes the ZIP code (21655), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Caroline County (Denton), and school district assignment (Caroline 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.