Choptank, Maryland

About Choptank

Set in the southeastern part of Maryland, Choptank is a small unincorporated community.

Choptank holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.24 square miles.

📰 Choptank News Today

• Who Is Waterkeeper: Matt Pluta, Choptank Riverkeeper Waterkeeper · Jun 16
• Cambridge reports small sewage overflow into Choptank River marina WBOC TV · Jun 30
• Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Co-ops Restore Power Amid Their Worst Blizzard in Years America's Electric Cooperatives · Feb 23
• New Visitor to the Bay: Skate Spotted in the Choptank Chesapeake Bay Magazine · Jun 18
• Choptank Marina reopens after upgrades The Star Democrat · Jun 23

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Choptank Unique

• The only place in America named Choptank — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.24 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Choptank

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🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Choptank

• Chesapeake Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cedar Lane Complex · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Choptank Wetlands - Hog Neck · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Choptank Wetlands Preserve reviews ★

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

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Choptank

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