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'''Chesapeake Beach''' is a town located in [[Calvert County, Maryland]]. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,180.

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="38.691137" lon="-76.536255" zoom="14" scale="yes" overview="yes"></googlemap> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 7.2 [[square kilometer|km&sup2;]] (2.8 [[square mile|mi&sup2;]]). 7.2 km&sup2; (2.8 mi&sup2;) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Chesapeake Beach was established as a resort community at the end of a [[short line railroad]] from [[Washington, DC]]. Between steamer ships from [[Baltimore]] and trains from Washington, the weekend population of Chesapeake Beach reached into the 10,000s during the [[1920s]], until the economic depression brought an end to the railroad. The construction of the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge|Bay Bridge]] to the [[Maryland Eastern Shore|Eastern Shore of Maryland]] in the [[1950s]] enabled many of the visitors who used to spend their summers in Chesapeake Beach to now spend their time in [[Ocean City, MD]] Md. instead. A museum at the old railroad station still exists ([[Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum]]) today in Chesapeake Beach with many historic photos and an old passenger car from the railroad.

[[Hurricane Isabel]] stuck Chesapeake Beach and the adjacent city of [[North Beach, MDMaryland]] in 2003. The storm surge pushed flood waters into both towns, damaging many beyond repair in North Beach, and knocking out electrical services for nearly one week.