Welcome to Dentsville ...

Dentsville is located in Charles County<1>.

The location of Dentsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dentsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Dentsville is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Dentsville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Dentsville: (301) & (240)<4>

Websites for Dentsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cccc-md.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dentsville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Dentsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dentsville - it's located in South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dentsville.

Communities near Dentsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dentsville.

• La Plata
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
  • La Plata is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <5>
• Leonardtown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonardtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardtown
  • Leonardtown is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,912 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardtown <5>
• Indian Head
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Head have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
  • Indian Head is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Head <5>
• Colonial Beach
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Beach
  • Colonial Beach is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Beach <5>
• Eagle Harbor
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
  • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
• Port Tobacco Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Tobacco Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tobacco Village
  • Port Tobacco Village is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
• Bel Alton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bel Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Alton
  • Bel Alton is located in Charles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Alton <5>
• Bryantown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantown
  • Bryantown is located in Charles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryantown <5>
• Faulkner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faulkner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
  • Faulkner is located in Charles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faulkner <5>
• Independence Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
  • Independence Village is located in Charles County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dentsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dentsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dentsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dentsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dentsville. See our Newspapers Page for Dentsville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dentsville ...

Looking for more information about Dentsville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dentsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dentsville.

Adding Dentsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dentsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dentsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dentsville post office opened in 1885.

We also found Dentsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dentsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dentsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Charles County: www.charlescounty.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/