Deal Island, Maryland
CDP
About Deal Island
Deal Island is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Maryland.
Deal Island holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.03 square miles.
📰 Deal Island News Today
- Maryland opens applications for Deal Island, Fairmount waterfowl hunting permits WBOC TV · Aug 3
- From Dredge to Delta: USACE, Partners Restore Roughly 70 Acres of Wetlands at Deal Island Wildlife Management Area dvidshub.net · Jul 15
- Ice coats Chesapeake Bay in dramatic Crisfield, Deal Island photos DelmarvaNow.com · Feb 19
- Helen Y Echard Obituary (2026) - Deal Island, MD - Holloway Funeral Home - Salisbury Legacy obituary · Aug 10
- Search Underway for Missing Deal Island Waterman Chesapeake Bay Magazine · Dec 2
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Deal Island Unique
- The only place in America named Deal Island — 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 southeastern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Deal Island
- South Marsh Island Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Deal Island National Wildlife Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Spring Island Game Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Deal Island
- Deal Island School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area3.03 sq mi
Coordinates38.1528, -75.9399