{"id":4517,"date":"2023-06-24T08:05:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:24:36","slug":"calvert-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/calvert-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Calvert County, Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calvert County is a county in Maryland, United States, on the narrow Calvert Peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River in Southern Maryland. It had a population of 92,783 at the 2020 census and covers 345 square miles (890 km2) &mdash; 213 square miles land, 132 square miles water &mdash; centred near 38\u00b032\u2032N 76\u00b032\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Frederick is the county seat and its postal code is 20678. The county has two incorporated towns, ten additional census-designated places, and several smaller unincorporated communities recognized locally by name; it observes Eastern time and carries FIPS code 24009.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Calvert County<\/h2>\n<p>Calvert County&#8217;s 2020 census recognizes two incorporated towns and twelve census-designated places, plus a handful of long-standing unincorporated communities that appear on postal maps without their own CDP boundary. The county has no cities. Type key: CDP = census-designated place, Unincorp. = unincorporated community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Chesapeake Beach<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20732<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Beach<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prince Frederick<\/td>\n<td>CDP &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>3,226<\/td>\n<td>20678<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lusby<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Huntingtown<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20639<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dunkirk<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20754<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Owings<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20736<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>St. Leonard<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20685<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Solomons<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20688<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Broomes Island<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20615<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Calvert Beach<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20685<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chesapeake Ranch Estates<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Drum Point<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Long Beach<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20732<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunderland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20689<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Port Republic<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20676<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dowell<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20629<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Barstow<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>20610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dunkirk, Huntingtown, Lusby, Owings, Prince Frederick, St. Leonard, and Solomons are also designated &#8220;town centers&#8221; by county government &mdash; a zoning label, not an incorporated status &mdash; marking out the built-up core of each community.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>20678 &mdash; Prince Frederick<\/li>\n<li>20657 &mdash; Lusby (also serves Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Drum Point)<\/li>\n<li>20639 &mdash; Huntingtown<\/li>\n<li>20732 &mdash; Chesapeake Beach (also serves Long Beach)<\/li>\n<li>20736 &mdash; Owings<\/li>\n<li>20754 &mdash; Dunkirk<\/li>\n<li>20685 &mdash; St. Leonard (also serves Calvert Beach)<\/li>\n<li>20714 &mdash; North Beach<\/li>\n<li>20676 &mdash; Port Republic<\/li>\n<li>20689 &mdash; Sunderland<\/li>\n<li>20688 &mdash; Solomons<\/li>\n<li>20629 &mdash; Dowell (PO Box delivery)<\/li>\n<li>20615 &mdash; Broomes Island<\/li>\n<li>20610 &mdash; Barstow (PO Box delivery)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every place in the county is covered by one of these fourteen ZIP codes; there is no separate ZIP for the smallest hamlets, which use their nearest post office town.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Calvert County occupies a narrow peninsula with the Chesapeake Bay on its east side and the tidal Patuxent River on its west side, giving it the third-smallest land area of any Maryland county despite a total footprint of 345 square miles once its water area is counted. The terrain is low, wooded coastal plain cut by small tidal creeks; Calvert Cliffs, a line of fossil-bearing bluffs along the bay shore, runs much of the county&#8217;s eastern edge. The county is part of the Washington&ndash;Arlington&ndash;Alexandria metropolitan statistical area.<\/p>\n<p>Anne Arundel County borders Calvert to the north (<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/anne-arundel-county\/\">Anne Arundel County<\/a>). Prince George&#8217;s County lies to the northwest, across the Patuxent River. Charles County lies to the west, also across the Patuxent River (<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/charles-county\/\">Charles County<\/a>). St. Mary&#8217;s County lies to the south, separated by the mouth of the Patuxent. Across the Chesapeake Bay to the east and northeast are Dorchester County (<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dorchester-county\/\">Dorchester County<\/a>) and Talbot County (<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/talbot-county\/\">Talbot County<\/a>) on Maryland&#8217;s Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Calvert County had 92,783 residents at the 2020 census, up from earlier decades as the county has grown into a Washington-area commuter suburb. Lusby, on the Chesapeake Ranch Estates side of the peninsula, is the county&#8217;s largest population center; Prince Frederick, the seat, had 3,226 residents in 2020. Calvert consistently ranks among the higher-income counties in the state, well above the Maryland median household income of $98,678. Population density works out to roughly 436 people per square mile of land.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Calvert County&#8217;s economy centers on public-sector employment and a large share of residents commuting out of the county. The biggest local employers are Calvert County Public Schools, county government, and Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick. The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, operated by Constellation Energy near Lusby, is the county&#8217;s largest private employer and a major taxpayer. Many residents also commute north to Washington, D.C. and Annapolis, or south to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in neighboring St. Mary&#8217;s County.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Calvert County was formed in 1654, making it one of Maryland&#8217;s oldest counties alongside St. Mary&#8217;s, Kent, and Anne Arundel. It is named for the Calvert family, the Barons Baltimore who held the proprietorship of colonial Maryland. The Calvert Cliffs along the bay shore have yielded Miocene-era marine fossils since colonial times and remain a public fossil-hunting site today.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Maryland Routes 2 and 4 run the length of the county as its main north&ndash;south corridor, connecting to Routes 231, 260, and 765 for the smaller communities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington, D.C. &mdash; about 50 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Annapolis &mdash; about 30 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore &mdash; about 55 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Solomons &mdash; at the county&#8217;s southern tip, on the Patuxent River<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Baltimore\/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), roughly 45 miles to the north. There is no Amtrak service in Calvert County.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Calvert County?<\/strong><br \/>It is in Southern Maryland, on the peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River, roughly 50 miles southeast of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Calvert County?<\/strong><br \/>92,783 at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Calvert County?<\/strong><br \/>345 square miles (890 km2) total, of which 213 square miles is land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Calvert County?<\/strong><br \/>Prince Frederick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Calvert County?<\/strong><br \/>Two incorporated towns, Chesapeake Beach and North Beach, plus twelve census-designated places including the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Calvert County?<\/strong><br \/>Fourteen ZIP codes serve the county, from 20610 (Barstow) to 20754 (Dunkirk); Prince Frederick&#8217;s is 20678.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Calvert County known for?<\/strong><br \/>The Calvert Cliffs fossil beds along the Chesapeake Bay, the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, and its role as a Washington-area commuter county.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/maryland\/\">Towns and villages in Maryland<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calvert County is a county in Maryland, United States, on the narrow Calvert Peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River in Southern Maryland. 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