Sunderland is a small, rural community located in Calvert County, Maryland

Calvert County, Maryland

Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. Calvert County is part of the Southern Maryland region. Calvert County's residents are among the highest...

, approximately 5 miles south of Dunkirk, Maryland

Dunkirk, Maryland

Dunkirk is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2000 census. The area is very fast-growing, with many large estate homes. Considered one the wealthiest places to live inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with home prices...

 and 10 miles north of Prince Frederick, Maryland

Prince Frederick, Maryland

Prince Frederick is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, not to be confused with the incorporated, and much larger, city of Frederick some to the northwest in Frederick County...

. Although Sunderland is not incorporated and does not have a central business district, it does have a zip code

ZIP Code

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, 20689. However, as of November 2007, the former Sunderland post office

Post office

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 had closed its doors due to a lease dispute without opening a new location, and postal officials are determining where to locate a new post office location..

All Saints' Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1973. Joseph D. Lyons House

Joseph D. Lyons House

The Joseph D. Lyons House is a historic home in Sunderland, Calvert County, Maryland, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.It is a large, two-story frame structure with a hip roof and full-width front and rear porches...

was listed in 1998.