Do you know of Belair ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Belair. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Belair.<1>

We found mention of Belair as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Communities Also Named Belair ...

We found ten communities that share the name Belair.

Within Maryland, the name Belair is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Leon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Belair [Leon County].
  - Orange County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Belair [Orange County].
- Georgia
  - Richmond County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Belair [Richmond County].
- Louisiana
  - Plaquemines Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Belair [Plaquemines Parish].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Belair.
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Belair.
- North Carolina
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Belair [Cumberland County].
- Quebec
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Belair.
- South Carolina
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Belair [Lancaster County].
- Tennessee
  - Hamblen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Belair [Hamblen County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Belair ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Belair:

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Belair.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 24/05575 (Place Name: Belair)

County: Prince George's (FIPS State/County: 24/033)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Belair) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Prince George's County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Prince George's County.

Accokeek Groves	Lanham - Seabrook
Adelphi Manor	Lanham Woods
Alexandria Junction	Laurel Factory
Amber Meadows	Laurel Walk
American Square	Lewis Heights
Andrews Hill	Livingston Park
Andrews
Arundel	Maplewood
	Marlboro
Barnaby Village	Martins Woods
Beacon Heights	Mattapony
Beaver Heights	Mayberry Wells
Belair Buckingham	McKendree
Belair Chapel Forge	Meadowbrook
Belair Foxhill	Millbrook
Belair Heather Hills	Millwood
Belair Idlewild	Mulliken
Belair Kenilworth	Murray Hills
Belair Longridge
Belair Overbrook	Newton Village
Belair Rockledge	North College Park
Belair Somerset	North Englewood
Belair Tulip Grove	North Hampton
Belair White Hall	Northampton
Belair Yorktown	Nottingham
Bellefonte
Birchwood City	Oak Orchard
Bladenwoods	Old Bay Trail
Bond Mill Woods	Olde Fort Village
Bonds	Olde Towne Village
Booker Heights	Osborn
Brandywine Woods	Oxen Hill
Brock Bridge	Oxon Hill - Glassmanor
Brock Hall
Buena	Parkview Gardens
	Parkview
Camelot	Pinecrest
Capitol Plaza	The Pines
Captains Cove	Pinewood Hill
Carrollton	Piscataway Park
Chapel Oaks-Cedar Heights	Pointer Ridge
Charlton Heights	Powder Mill Village
Chelsea Woods	Prince Georges Plaza
Cheltenham Forest	Princeton
Clinton Gardens	Prospect Knolls
Clinton Vista
Cobbler's Woods	Quaker Ridge
College Station	Queens Chapel
Croom Station
Crosier Gardens	Ramblewood Village
Crystal Springs	Ramgate
	Ritchie Heights
Decatur Heights	River Bend
Deer Park	River Forest
Dresden Green	Robeystown
	Rolling Ridge
East Columbia Park	Rosecroft Gardens
East Meadow	Rosecroft
Editors Park
Englewood	Sansbury Park
Escena	Schultz
	Sherwood Forest
Fairfield Knolls	Skyline
Fairmont Heights	Snowden Oaks
Fleishman Village	South Cheverly Forest
Forest Knolls	Spalding
Forrestville	Spaulding Heights
Fort Foote	Suitsville
Fort Washington Park	Sunny Acres
Fox Rest Woods	Surratts Gardens
	Surratts
Gaywood	Surrattsville
Glen Dale
Glenwood Park	Temple Heights
Glyn Mar	Temple Woods
Greater Upper Marlboro	Templeton Knolls
Greenbelt Park	Treasure Cove
Greenbrier
Greenfield	University Hills
Greenwood Forest
	Village North
Hall's	Village Square North
Herbert
Hick's Mill	Waldon Woods
High Bridge	Walter Heights
Hills	Waterford
Holly Spring	Watson
Hyattsburg	West Bowie
	West Gate Woods
Indian Queen East	West Hyattsville
	Westchester Park
Jefferson Heights	Westphalia Woods
	Whitefield Knolls
Kenilworth	Whitefield Woods
Kenmore	Willows of Riverbend
	Wood Lane
Lake Village	Woodberry Forest
Landover Knolls	Woodlane
Lanham Heights	Woodlark

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Belair could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.