Woodlawn is an unincorporated community of Cecil County, Maryland,[1] situated 3.1 miles (5.0 km) northeast of Port Deposit.
[2] Woodlawn is situated in the Piedmont Plateau at 456 feet (139 m) above sea level, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the Susquehanna River and 8 miles (13 km) north of the Chesapeake Bay.
The land is rich with deposits of clay, sand and gravel.
The Woodlawn County Landfill operated until 1981 and was added to the National Priorities List by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in July 1987 after it was discovered that industrial waste was contaminating the local groundwater.
Part of the tract, located in Earleville, Maryland, was given for the construction of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.