Edesville Maryland Map

About Edesville, Maryland

Edesville is a locality in Kent County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 169. The population density is 236.4 people per km². Edesville is located at 39.1551°N, 76.2075°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21661.

Edesville occupies a quiet expanse of the Eastern Shore where the land meets the water in a series of low, marshy fingers and flat fields. It lies 9.0 miles south-southwest of Kent, MD (from Kent, MD: bearing 207°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Queen Annes. The air here carries a persistent, briny weight, moving in from the distant Baynes Cove to settle over the tall grasses that line the banks of Bungay Creek. Inland, the horizon is remarkably level, though on the clearest days, the faint, hazy silhouette of Bacon Ridge might shimmer against the western sky. Edesville Park serves as the green center of the locality, providing a quiet space where the humidity of the afternoon softens the light into a pale, translucent gold. Three miles to the north, the quiet surface of Saint Pauls Millpond mirrors the passing clouds, anchoring a landscape defined more by the slow, rhythmic pulse of the tide than by the elevation of the terrain.

History in Edesville is measured in the persistence of the watermen and the slow, steady reclamation of the soil by the surrounding marsh. The local economy has long been tethered to the harvest of these brackish depths, a tradition that persists even as the modern world encroaches upon the quiet corners of the Eastern Shore. Residents often look toward the nearby Boxes Point Trail for a path through the dense, tangled undergrowth, or they cast their gaze toward the distant form of Cacaway Island, which sits like a dark smudge upon the water. Beyond the immediate reach of the creeks, the depressions of Bookers Hollow provide a subtle variance in a geography that otherwise demands a patient, observant eye. Daily life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, shaped by the shifting light and the quiet endurance of a place that remains firmly rooted in the sediment of the coast.

About This Edesville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Edesville, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.15511, -76.207452. 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 Edesville includes the ZIP code (21661), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Kent County (Chestertown), and school district assignment (Kent 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.