Deal Island Maryland Map

About Deal Island, Maryland

Deal Island is a locality in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 341. The population density is 39.6 people per km². Deal Island is located at 38.1590°N, 75.9480°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21821.

Deal Island is a place where the land seems to exhale the very essence of the Chesapeake, a low-slung peninsula clawing at the vast, gray-green expanse of the water. It lies 22.9 miles east of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 81°T), and is situated 14.2 miles west-southwest of Princess Anne. Here, the landscape is a patient negotiation between marsh and sky, a flat, waterlogged terrain where the horizon is a constant, unbroken line. Cypress knees, gnarled like ancient knuckles, break the surface of the brackish ponds, reflecting the bruised colors of a perpetually overcast sky. Saltgrass and cordgrass form an unending, whispering carpet, broken only by the serpentine channels of tidal creeks that snake inland like veins. The air itself carries a damp, briny weight, tinged with the faint, sweet decay of Spartina and the distant, almost mournful cry of gulls. Even the houses, painted in muted blues and grays, seem to hunker down against the wind, their porches weathered to a silvered sheen by the relentless kiss of salt spray. The history of Deal Island is as deeply entwined with the water as the roots of the ancient cypress trees. For generations, its economy has been dictated by the ebb and flow of the Chesapeake, a lifeblood drawn from the bounty of oysters, crabs, and fish. The island's harbor, a modest but vital artery, still hums with the quiet industry of working boats, their hulls scarred from countless journeys through these tidal waters. Old wooden shacks, once bustling with the processing of seafood, now stand as weathered testaments to a bygone era, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin. There’s a palpable sense of a community shaped by resilience, where the rhythm of life is set not by clocks, but by the tides and the seasons, a quiet defiance against the encroaching immensity of the bay and the passage of time.

About This Deal Island Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Deal Island, Maryland — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.159012, -75.947989. 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 Deal Island and Somerset County.

Detailed location data for Deal Island includes the ZIP code (21821), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Somerset County (Princess Anne), and school district assignment (Somerset County Public Schools). 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 Deal Island is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.