Crumpton Maryland Map

About Crumpton, Maryland

Crumpton is a locality in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 248. The population density is 122.9 people per km². Crumpton is located at 39.2415°N, 75.9216°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21628.

Crumpton rests in the embrace of rolling farmland, where the Wye River, a broad, dark ribbon, lazily curves its way toward the Chesapeake. It lies 18.7 miles north-east of Queen Annes, MD (from Queen Annes, MD: bearing 37°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-north-east of Chestertown. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of ripening corn and the fainter, briny tang of distant salt marshes, a perfume of the land itself. Fields stretch out, a patchwork quilt of verdant greens and golden yellows under a sky that often holds a dramatic, bruised sort of beauty as clouds gather. The houses, many of them weathered clapboard, seem to hunker low against the frequent winds, their porches offering a quiet invitation to watch the light fade. This has always been a place tied to the water and the soil, its history etched not in grand monuments but in the steady hum of agricultural life and the quiet commerce of the river. For generations, the bounty of the land and the Wye has sustained Crumpton, from the crops that ripple in the breeze to the fishing boats that once plied these waters. While modernization has touched its edges, a palpable sense of continuity remains, a feeling that the rhythm of planting and harvest, of tides turning and seasons shifting, still dictates the pulse of daily existence here. The old general store, still standing, serves as a quiet sentinel to these enduring traditions, a place where conversations might still drift to the price of bushels or the weather's latest whim.

About This Crumpton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crumpton, Maryland — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.241499, -75.921606. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Crumpton and Queen Anne's County.

Detailed location data for Crumpton includes the ZIP code (21628), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Queen Anne's County (Centreville), and school district assignment (Queen Annes County Public Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Crumpton is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.