Official Name: | Lynch, Maryland |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Maryland |
Pushpin Label: | Lynch |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kent |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 75 |
Coordinates: | 39.2953°N -76.0628°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 21678 |
Area Code: | 410, 443, and 667 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 590713 |
Lynch is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Lynch is located along Maryland Route 561 at the crossing of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad, north of Chestertown.
It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and Kent County High School is in an unincorporated area, in the Butlertown census-designated place with a Worton postal address.
The community was formerly assigned to Worton Elementary School.[1] In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary. The boundary of Garnet Elementary School in Chestertown was adjusted.[2]