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Welcome to Avondale Run ...

Avondale Run is located in Carroll County<1>.

Avondale Run is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Avondale Run: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities near Avondale Run ...

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

  • Hanover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <4>
  • Mount Airy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Taneytown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Walkersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hampstead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Manchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Littlestown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sykesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Emmitsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • McSherrystown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Avondale Run ...

Looking for more information about Avondale Run? 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 Avondale Run, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Avondale Run.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Avondale Run - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Avondale Run area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Avondale Run area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.