Madison Maryland Map
Madison, Maryland — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Madison, Dorchester County.
Interactive Map of Madison, Maryland
| City | Madison |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Dorchester |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.51151 |
| Longitude | -76.220222 |
| Population | 133 |
| Density | 17.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
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.
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About This Madison Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Madison, Maryland with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Madison is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Madison is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
