St. James Maryland Map

About St. James, Maryland

St. James is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,757. The population density is 303.8 people per km². St. James is located at 39.5738°N, 77.7482°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21733, 21781.

St. James occupies a quiet expanse of the Maryland interior, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Saint James Run as it carves through the local limestone and shale. It lies 4.0 miles south of Halfway, MD (from Halfway, MD: bearing 179°T), and is situated 4.7 miles southwest of Washington. The landscape here is defined by broad, fertile fields that rise and fall in harmony with the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which loom to the west as a constant, slate-colored presence against the sky. During the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised gold, catching the edges of the hardwoods and illuminating the way the ground holds the shadow of the cooling season. Two miles away, the Weverton-Roxbury Rail Trail offers a passage through this terrain, providing a narrow, deliberate path for those who wish to measure the land by the pace of a steady walk.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of St. James, sustaining a life that is tethered to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. The history of the locality is etched into the architecture of its older estates and the enduring stone foundations that emerge from the tall grass, silent witnesses to a long tradition of stewardship. While the pace of the modern world presses in from the periphery, the economy here maintains a sturdy, quiet independence, rooted in the cultivation of the surrounding acreage. Residents look toward the horizon where the land flattens and shifts, mindful that their daily routines are part of a deeper, older lineage that predates the paved roads and the nearby pull of the Weverton-Roxbury Rail Trail. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and drying corn stalks, a sensory mark of a place that prefers the weight of its own quiet industry over the clamor of the outside world.

About This St. James Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. James, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.573816, -77.748248. 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 St. James includes the ZIP code (21733, 21781), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Washington County (Hagerstown), and school district assignment (Washington 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.