THE CALVERT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Calvert County has 213.2 square miles of land in Maryland. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Calvert County: Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain, Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Calvert County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain86.5%
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes13.5%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Calvert County
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Calvert County
The atlas lists 14 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Calvert County, including Huntingtown, Dunkirk, Chesapeake Ranch Estates. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Calvert County by land and water
The Census records 131.9 square miles of water within Calvert County, or 38.2% of its total area. That share is close to Calvert County’s 38.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Calvert County has 58.2 times the land area of nearby Prince Frederick CDP (3.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Anne Arundel County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Prince George's County, St. Mary's County, Talbot County within Maryland. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

