Galestown, Maryland

About Galestown

Galestown is a tiny community in southeastern Maryland, home to 115 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Galestown holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.23 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 500 residents per square mile.

📰 Galestown News Today

• Revolutionary War Patriot to be honored in Dorchester County WBOC TV · Oct 8
• James Lee Goslee Obituary - The Daily Times DelmarvaNow.com · Sep 9
• Galestown, MD Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Sep 1
• The couple that leads together, stays together MyEasternShoreMD · Feb 4
• Charlotte Zoe Wootten's Obituary, Visitation & Funeral Information Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium · Jan 20

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Galestown Unique

• The only place in America named Galestown — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.23 sq mi.
• 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 5 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Galestown

• Chesapeake Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Nanticoke Corridor Heritage Conservation Fund Site · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Phillips Landing State Park reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Galestown

🏘️ Nearby Communities