| Official Name: | West Denton, Maryland |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Maryland |
| Pushpin Label: | West Denton |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maryland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Caroline |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.75 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.75 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.29 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.29 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 46 |
| Population Density Km2: | 61.30 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 158.62 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 5 |
| Coordinates: | 38.8886°N -75.8389°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 21629[2] |
| Area Code: | 410 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 24-82625 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0591517 |
West Denton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 52.[3]
It is located on the west bank of the Choptank River, across from Denton, the Caroline County seat. Maryland Route 404 Business crosses the Choptank and the oldest portion of the community on a bridge constructed in 1979. Maryland Route 328 forms the western edge of the CDP, and the Maryland Route 404 bypass (Shore Highway) forms the northern edge, crossing the Choptank on the Governor Harry R. Hughes Bridge, constructed in 1982.
Located at West Denton are the Neck Meetinghouse and Yard and West Denton Warehouse-Wharf, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.