Charlestown

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Charlestown, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Chris Quigg

American physicist

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Margaret Mayall

American astronomer (1902-1995)

David Davis

American lawyer, judge, Supreme Court justice, and politician (1815–1886)

Thomas Veazey

American politician (1774-1842)

George Read

American politician (1733-1798)

Richard Bassett

American politician (1745-1815)

Robert S. Brookings

American businessman (1850-1932)

John Chew Thomas

American politician (1764-1836)

William S. Fulton

4th governor of Arkansas Territory (1795-1844)

Philip Barton Key

United States federal judge (1757-1815)

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George Jackson

American farmer, lawyer, and politician (1757-1831)

John J. Milligan

American politician (1795-1875)

Thomas Clayton

American politician (1777-1854)

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Albert Constable

American politician (1805-1855)

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William Matthews

American politician

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Robert Alexander

American politician (c. 1740 – 1805)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maryland

• North East
  3 mi away
• Perryville
  4.2 mi away
• Havre de Grace
  7.2 mi away
• Elkton
  8.9 mi away
• Riverside
  15.3 mi away
• Betterton
  15.5 mi away
• Bel Air South
  17.9 mi away
• Still Pond
  17.9 mi away
• Kennedyville
  19.3 mi away
• Edgewood
  20 mi away
• Bel Air North
  20.7 mi away
• Butlertown
  21.6 mi away

Browse all places in Maryland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Charlestown

Memories from Philadelphia to Charlestown, Maryland, via Nome, Alaska

Louis Henry Eisenlohr · 1918

Flood insurance study

1982

Cecil County, Maryland, streetmap

Thomas Bros. Maps · 1999

An almanack, agreeable to the new-stile, and on an entire new-plan. For the year of Christian account 1768

William Ball · 1767

An almanack, agreeable to the new-stile, for the year of Christian account 1769

William Ball · 1768

To Nicholas Hyland

Ezekiel Traffick · 1748

Waterfowling on the Chesapeake, 1819-1936

C. John Sullivan · 2003

A history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States

Thomas O'Gorman · 1895

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Little Schloss RX Prescribed Fire, Shenandoah, Virginia
  Wildfires · 2026-06-10 · 149 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Seen 2026-07-06

Common Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Seen 2026-07-06

Greenhouse Millipede

Oxidus gracilis

Seen 2026-07-06

Fragile Forktail

Ischnura posita

Seen 2026-07-05

red maple

Acer rubrum

Seen 2026-07-04

Reticulated Net-winged Beetle

Calopteron reticulatum

Seen 2026-07-04

Horace's Duskywing

Erynnis horatius

Seen 2026-07-04

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Seen 2026-07-04

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Seen 2026-07-04

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Charlestown, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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