Mount Vernon Maryland Map

About Mount Vernon, Maryland

Mount Vernon is a locality in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 761. The population density is 22.6 people per km². Mount Vernon is located at 38.2396°N, 75.7853°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21202, 21201, 21801.

Mount Vernon sits upon a flat, low-lying expanse of the Eastern Shore where the boundary between land and water blurs into an intricate mosaic of tidal marsh and salt-grass. It lies 14.4 miles west-southwest of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 237°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-northwest of Princess Anne. The horizon remains stubbornly level, broken only by the distant, hazy suggestion of Fin Creek Ridge, while the immediate landscape is defined by the soft, rhythmic intrusion of the tides. Here, the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland protects the fragile edges of the shoreline, allowing the brackish waters of Webster Cove to pulse against the silt. Across the narrow channels, Ballards Island rises like a dark, verdant anchor in the current, and the slow, meandering flow of Victor Creek carves deep, muddy veins through the earth, reflecting a sky that often turns the color of bruised plums as the sun retreats.

Mount Vernon retains a quiet, deliberate character shaped by centuries of maritime influence and a lingering connection to the rhythms of the water. While the grander, more industrial pulses of the state feel distant, the local economy continues to honor the legacy of the tidewater, where the harvest of the marsh and the stewardship of the estuary remain vital. Life in Mount Vernon moves with the tide, unburdened by the frantic pace of the urban corridor, finding its own stability in the cyclical nature of the seasons and the quiet resilience of the marshland. Far from the dense canopy of Pocomoke State Forest or the stillness of Maryland Noname 2 Lake, the community occupies a space where the air is thick with the scent of salt and decaying cordgrass, grounding every inhabitant in the persistent, shifting reality of the coast.

About This Mount Vernon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Vernon, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.239562, -75.785308. 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 Mount Vernon includes the ZIP code (21202, 21201, 21801), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Somerset County (Princess Anne), and school district assignment (Somerset 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.