About California
Set in the southern part of Maryland, California is a small unincorporated community.
California holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 12.87 square miles.
📰 California News Today
- Feds: Meth-trafficking case spans Maryland, California - WBAL-TV WBAL-TV · Aug 10
- Championship: Maryland Charm vs California Palms Live Stream: How To Watch Women's Lacrosse League Fubo · Aug 16
- California, MD Home Prices Rise as Local Housing Market Shows Signs of Cooling - - The Southern Maryland Chronicle · Aug 10
- Home Depot plans first Southern Maryland store at Lexington Exchange Baltimore Sun · Aug 12
- Obituary | Emil Hammond Clark, Jr. of California, Maryland brinsfieldfuneral.com · Aug 2
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes California Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in California
📍 Barefoot Acres📍 Friendly Pines📍 Greenview Knolls📍 Holly Haven📍 Kingston Manor📍 Mill Cove Manor📍 Myrtle Point📍 Town Creek Manor
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in California
- Applebee's — american
- Blue Wind Gourmet
- Call Signs
- Plaza Tolteca — mexican
- Red Robin — burger
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Thai Inter Restaurants — thai
- Yummy's — asian
- Asahi — sushi
- Bob Evans — american
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in California
- Town Creek Park reviews ★
- Chancellors Run Regional Park reviews ★
- Dunleigh Neighborhood Park reviews ★
- Saint Marys River State Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in California
- Evergreen Elementary School
- Greenview Knolls Elementary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area12.87 sq mi
Coordinates38.2976, -76.4921