Maryland · Census place 2415400

Charlestown, Maryland

Charlestown is a town in Cecil County, Maryland with an estimated 1,538 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,538; #87 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020: +2.5%; +38 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 1,315 / sq mi; State median 2,607

Orange pin: Charlestown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

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Charlestown population, 2020 to 2024

Charlestown added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,499. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Charlestown covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 1,315 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Charlestown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Charlestown is in

All of Charlestown's residents live in Cecil County, which had 106,305 residents in 2024. Charlestown holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Charlestown

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Charlestown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21901, 21914. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Charlestown is

The Census internal point of Charlestown is at 39.582100, -75.986700. Annapolis, the capital, is 49.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North East, MD (4,191 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 38.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.582100, -75.986700
DMS: 39°34'55.56"N 75°59'12.12"W
UTM: 18N 415263.6E 4381841.0N
Geohash: dr1cnvsnm
Plus code: 87F6H2J7+R8

Daylight in Charlestown

At 39.58° N, Charlestown gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Charlestown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is North East, 3.0 miles away, with 4,191 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Charlestown, MD?

1,538 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (2.5%) from 1,500 in July 2020.

What county is Charlestown in?

Cecil County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Charlestown?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 21901, 21914.

How far is Charlestown from Annapolis?

49.6 miles (79.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Charlestown.

What is the nearest larger city to Charlestown?

North East, MD, with 4,191 residents, 3.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.