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Welcome to Roddy ...So far, we found very little information about Roddy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Roddy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Roddy, please Contact Us. Roddy would have been located within present day Frederick County<2>. The location of Roddy has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Roddy, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Roddy is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Roddy was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Roddy still existed, it would have been in the (301) and (240)<5> area codes. Websites for Roddy ...Chamber of Commerce: www.frederickchamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Roddy, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Roddy ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Roddy - they are located in Georgia, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roddy. Communities near Roddy ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roddy.
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 Roddy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roddy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roddy. 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 Roddy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roddy. See our Newspapers Page for Roddy. Adding Roddy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Roddy 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 Roddy was on a map titled Map of Maryland (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Roddy. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Frederick County: www.co.frederick.md.us/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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