Overlea, Maryland
CDP
About Overlea
Overlea, MD is a small unincorporated community located in northern Maryland.
Overlea holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.02 square miles.
📰 Overlea News Today
- Kathleen Ann McGinn Obituary (2026) - Overlea, MD - Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc. - Overlea Legacy obituary · Aug 17
- Giant Food is closing Baltimore County store in August - WBAL-TV WBAL-TV · Jul 29
- Video shows girls allegedly bully cashier, steal cakes from Baltimore County bakery CBS News · Mar 20
- Police search for a CRV after Deadly hit and run in Overlea WMAR 2 News Baltimore · Apr 14
- Overlea (Baltimore, MD) High School Sports - Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more MaxPreps · Apr 23
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Overlea Unique
- The only place in America named Overlea — 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.
- Positioned in northern 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 3 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Overlea
📍 Apple Ridge📍 Cedmont📍 Eagle's Walk at White Marsh📍 Elmwood📍 Evergreen📍 Fullerton📍 Fullerton Heights📍 Glenham-Belhar📍 Linhigh📍 Moravia-Walther📍 Overlea📍 Parktowne📍 Putty Hill📍 Ridge Grove📍 Rollins View Green📍 Rosemont East📍 Taylor Heights📍 Waltherson
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Overlea
- Arigato Hibachi and Sushi — japanese
- Buffalo Wild Wings — wings
- Carrabba's Italian Grill — italian
- Frank's Pizza & Pasta — pizza
- Mount Everest — nepalese
- Neighbor's Kitchen — chinese
- New Chef — chinese
- Bob Evans — american
- Curran's Delly
- IHOP — breakfast
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Natural History Society of Maryland · Museum
- Double Rock Park · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Overlea
- Fairwood Forest reviews ★
- Belmar Park reviews ★
- Burdick Park reviews ★
- Double Rock Park reviews ★
- Fullerton Park reviews ★
- Holt Park reviews ★
- Keyes Field reviews ★
- Linover Park reviews ★
- Taylor Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area3.02 sq mi
Coordinates39.3641, -76.5175