Madison Maryland Map

About Madison, Maryland

Madison is a locality in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 133. The population density is 17.5 people per km². Madison is located at 38.5115°N, 76.2202°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21648.

Madison, a quiet enclave in Dorchester County, Maryland, breathes the slow, salty air of the Eastern Shore. It lies 19.2 miles south-south-west of Talbot, MD (from Talbot, MD: bearing 194°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-south-west of Cambridge. The landscape here is a gentle surrender to water, where broad fields, often a rich, dark loam, bleed into the marsh grasses that fringe the Choptank River and its tributaries. Ancient live oaks, draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel over the low-lying terrain, their gnarled branches reaching towards a sky that often hangs heavy with the promise of rain or the luminous glow of a setting sun. The very character of Madison is one of patient endurance, a place where the tides dictate the rhythm of life and the whisper of the wind through the reeds carries echoes of generations past. The history of Madison is deeply entwined with the Chesapeake Bay's bounty and the agricultural heritage of Maryland's Eastern Shore. Once a bustling port and steamboat stop, its economy has long been shaped by the harvests of the water – crabs, oysters, and fish – and the fertile land that yields corn and soybeans. The remnants of its past prosperity can still be glimpsed in the weathered clapboard houses and the ghosts of wharves that once lined its shores. Though the steamboats are long gone, a palpable sense of connection to this maritime and agrarian past remains, a quiet pride that permeates the everyday life of Madison, a place where the present is always mindful of the stories the water and the earth have to tell.

About This Madison Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison, Maryland — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.51151, -76.220222. 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 Madison and Dorchester County.

Detailed location data for Madison includes the ZIP code (21648), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Dorchester County (Cambridge), and school district assignment (Dorchester 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 Madison is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.