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Welcome to Bolivar ...

Bolivar is located in Frederick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bolivar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Bolivar is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bolivar: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities Also Named Bolivar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Bolivar - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi (2), Missouri, New York (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bolivar.

Websites for Bolivar ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.frederickchamber.org/

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

Communities near Bolivar ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bolivar ...

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

Adding Bolivar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bolivar 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 Bolivar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bolivar post office opened in 1851. The Bolivar post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bolivar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bolivar - 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 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Bolivar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Bolivar 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/