Tilghman Island, Maryland

About Tilghman Island

Tilghman Island is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Maryland.

Tilghman 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 2.4 square miles.

📰 Tilghman Island News Today

• MD’s Oldest Skipjack Sold, Rebuilds after Crash Chesapeake Bay Magazine · May 12
• 12 Gorgeous Maryland Towns To Visit WorldAtlas · Jun 15
• Amid oyster bounty, Chesapeake Bay watermen suffer dismal harvest Bay Journal · Mar 27
• Maryland approves oyster season extension, watermen cautiously optimistic about its benefits WBOC TV · Jul 3
• Norman A. Koczorowski Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home · Feb 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Tilghman Island Unique

• The only place in America named Tilghman 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

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Tilghman Island

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Tilghman Waterman's Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Tilghman Island

• Back Creek Community Park reviews ★
• Black Walnut Point Natural Resource Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Neavitt Park reviews ★
• Kronsberg Park reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Tilghman Island

• Tilghman Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Tilghman Island

🏘️ Nearby Communities