Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, Maryland | |
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Former Census-designated place (CDP) | |
 Location of Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, Maryland | |
| Coordinates: 38°21′0″N 76°25′8″W / 38.35000°N 76.41889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Calvert |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.4 sq mi (16.6 km2) |
| • Land | 6.0 sq mi (15.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (0.9 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 11,503 |
| • Density | 1,904.8/sq mi (735.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 24-16062 |
Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point was a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, for the 2000 United States Census, when it had a population of 11,503. For the 2010 census the area was split into the CDPs of Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point. The communities are only a few minutes from the popular weekend resort town Solomons as well as the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Calvert Cliffs State Park and fossil grounds, and the Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas terminal.