Welcome to Monocacy ...

So far, we found very little information about Monocacy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Monocacy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Monocacy, please Contact Us.

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Monocacy would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>.

The location of Monocacy has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monocacy, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Monocacy is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Monocacy was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Monocacy once stood is in the (301) & (240)<5> area codes.

Websites for Monocacy ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycountychamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Monocacy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Monocacy - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Monocacy ...

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

• Frederick
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Frederick is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,308 people
  • Former names for Frederick:
  • Frederick City
  • Frederick Town
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <6>
• Rockville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Rockville is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,512 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <6>
• Gaithersburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaithersburg
  • Gaithersburg is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,741 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaithersburg <6>
• Leesburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Leesburg is located in Loudoun County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,488 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <6>
• Herndon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herndon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
  • Herndon is located in Fairfax County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,573 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herndon <6>
• Purcellville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcellville
  • Purcellville is located in Loudoun County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,285 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purcellville <6>
• Brunswick
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <6>
• Walkersville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Walkersville is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkersville <6>
• Poolesville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poolesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolesville
  • Poolesville is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poolesville <6>
• Middletown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,910 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <6>

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 Monocacy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monocacy.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Monocacy. 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 Monocacy.

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

Adding Monocacy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Monocacy in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Monocacy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Monocacy post office opened in 1854.

We also found Monocacy in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monocacy.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/

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