Welcome to Bald Friar ...

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

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

Bald Friar would have been located within present day Cecil County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bald Friar, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bald Friar is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Bald Friar would have been located in the (410) area code.

Websites for Bald Friar ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cecilchamber.com/

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

Communities near Bald Friar ...

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

• Aberdeen
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aberdeen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen is located in Harford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,964 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <5>
• Havre de Grace
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havre de Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre de Grace
  • Havre de Grace is located in Harford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havre de Grace <5>
• Bel Air
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
  • Bel Air is located in Harford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
  • Former names for Bel Air:
  • Belle Air
  • Belle Aire
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <5>
• Oxford
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <5>
• New Freedom
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freedom
  • New Freedom is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Freedom <5>
• Perryville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
  • Perryville is located in Cecil County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perryville <5>
• North East
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North East have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North East
  • North East is located in Cecil County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,609 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North East <5>
• Strasburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
  • Strasburg is located in Lancaster County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,015 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <5>
• Rising Sun
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rising Sun have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
  • Rising Sun is located in Cecil County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,784 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rising Sun <5>
• Quarryville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
  • Quarryville is located in Lancaster County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,745 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quarryville <5>

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

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

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

Adding Bald Friar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bald Friar 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 Bald Friar was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Bald Friar on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bald Friar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cecil County: www.ccgov.org/

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