Woolford Maryland Map

About Woolford, Maryland

Woolford is a locality in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Woolford is located at 38.5026°N, 76.1833°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21677.

Woolford’s character is etched into the low, yielding land, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of salt and pine. It lies 19.4 miles south of Talbot, MD (from Talbot, MD: bearing 188°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south-west of Cambridge. Fields of soybeans and corn stretch toward the horizon, their emerald and gold hues softening under the wide, pale sky that seems to press down on everything. The few scattered houses, weathered by decades of wind and sun, huddle close to the narrow, winding roads, their porches often empty, waiting for a breeze that seldom comes strong enough to stir the heavy, humid air. Here, the quiet is profound, broken only by the distant drone of a boat engine or the mournful cry of a gull circling overhead, a sound that seems to carry the weight of the bay itself. This land, once the domain of watermen and farmers, still carries the echoes of its past. The economy of Woolford is a quiet continuation of what has always sustained it: the bounty of the Chesapeake and the fertility of its soil. Generations have learned the rhythms of the tides and the seasons, their lives intertwined with the oyster beds and the ripening corn. While the larger towns of Dorchester County have seen more dramatic shifts, Woolford retains a steadfastness, a refusal to be hurried. Its history is not marked by grand monuments, but by the enduring presence of weathered barns, the gentle erosion of the marshy edges where fresh water meets the brackish, and the unpretentious pride of its residents in a way of life that has, for the most part, remained unchanged.

About This Woolford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woolford, Maryland — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.502621, -76.183276. 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 Woolford and Dorchester County.

Detailed location data for Woolford includes the ZIP code (21677), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Dorchester County (Cambridge), and school district assignment. 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 Woolford is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.