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'''Broomes Island''' is a small waterfront community and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located at the southern terminus of [[MD 264]] in [[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert County]], [[Maryland]], United States, on the [[Patuxent River]]. It is located approximately {{convert|10|mi}} south of [[Prince Frederick, Maryland|Prince Frederick]], the county seat. As of 2019 Census estimates, the population of the CDP was 421.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|title=Broomes Island, MD|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US2410650-broomes-island-md/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016013807/https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US2410650-broomes-island-md/|archive-date=16 October 2021|accessdate=15 October 2021|website=Census Reporter|publisher=}}</ref>
Although Broomes Island is a rather small community, it does have its own [[post office]] and [[zip code]], 20615. In November 2007, the [[United States Postal Service]] considered closing the small post office and re-routing all mail delivery through the larger [[St. Leonard, Maryland|St. Leonard]] post office branch.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.somdnews.com/stories/112307/recmor160203_32096.shtml| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203051502/http://www.somdnews.com/stories/112307/recmor160203_32096.shtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=2013-02-03| author=Erica Mitrano, Calvert Recorder| title=Broomes Island post office may close, affect locals| date=2007-11-23}}</ref> After residents contacted US Senator [[Barbara Mikulski]] about the proposed closure, the postal service decided against closing the post office.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://mikulski.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=290801| author=U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, News Release| title=Mikulski Succeeds in Fight to Keep Broomes Island Post Office Open| date=2008-01-18| access-date=2008-04-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529035408/http://mikulski.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=290801| archive-date=2008-05-29| url-status=dead}}</ref>
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