Chillum, Maryland

About Chillum

Chillum is a small unincorporated community in central Maryland.

Chillum holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.38 square miles.

📰 Chillum News Today

• Traffic stop ends in deadly shooting in Chillum, Maryland WUSA9 · Mar 26
• Woman and man dead, another man hurt after house fire in Chillum NBC4 Washington · Feb 9
• Second person dies after house fire in Chillum FOX 5 DC · Feb 10
• Chillum Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Patients evacuated after vehicle hits liquid oxygen tank at Maryland nursing facility WJLA · May 27

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Chillum Unique

• The only place in America named Chillum — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• 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 2 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Chillum

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Chillum

• Full Yum 2 — chinese
• Los Pollos Silvestres — latin american
• Hitching Post Restaurant — american
• Nick's Pizza — pizza
• Ruff N Ready Crab House
• Wake Me, Shake Me — coffee shop (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• President Lincoln's Cottage · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Chillum

• Chillum Park reviews ★
• Fort Circle Park reviews ★
• Fort Totten Park reviews ★
• Green Meadows Park reviews ★
• Heurich Community Park reviews ★
• Keene Field reviews ★
• Kirkwood Park reviews ★
• Lewisdale Park reviews ★
• Mamie D. Lee Garden · Garden reviews ★
• North Michigan Park Recreation Center reviews ★
• Parklawn Park reviews ★
• Riggs LaSalle Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Chillum

🏘️ Nearby Communities