Tilghmanton Maryland Map

About Tilghmanton, Maryland

Tilghmanton is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 423. The population density is 352.0 people per km². Tilghmanton is located at 39.5334°N, 77.7408°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21713.

Tilghmanton emerges from the quiet, agricultural expanse of Washington County as a collection of limestone farmhouses and modest dwellings anchored to the Maryland earth. It lies 5.9 miles south-southwest of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 202°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south of Hagerstown. The landscape surrounding Tilghmanton is defined by the steady, unadorned persistence of the Piedmont, where the horizon is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A mile to the east, the waters of Marsh Run trace a narrow path through the fields, carving a rhythmic boundary through the soil that has sustained local harvests for generations. In the late afternoon, the light here turns a pale, bruised gold, catching the dust of gravel roads and the weathered siding of barns that have long outlasted the men who raised them.

History in this region is measured in the steady turning of the plow and the heavy, humid stillness that settles after a summer storm. Tilghmanton maintains a character forged by deep-rooted agrarian traditions, where the pace of life remains tethered to the cycles of planting and the quiet maintenance of the land. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the proximity to the Weverton-Roxbury Rail Trail offers a lingering connection to the industrial ambitions of the past, now reclaimed by hikers and those seeking the silence of the woods. Whether one looks toward the distant slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains or walks the quiet perimeter near Marsh Run, the locality retains a stoic, functional beauty that asks for little and offers a grounded sense of place to those who linger.

About This Tilghmanton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tilghmanton, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.533432, -77.740826. 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 Tilghmanton includes the ZIP code (21713), 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.