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Welcome to Beckleysville ...

Beckleysville is located in Baltimore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beckleysville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Beckleysville is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Beckleysville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

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

Communities near Beckleysville ...

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

  • Westminster
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hanover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Hampstead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Manchester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • New Freedom
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Littlestown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dallastown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Shrewsbury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McSherrystown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stewartstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beckleysville ...

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

Adding Beckleysville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beckleysville 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 (so far) for Beckleysville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beckleysville post office opened in 1862. The Beckleysville post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beckleysville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Baltimore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beckleysville - 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 Beckleysville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Beckleysville 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/