Welcome to Crabster ...

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

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

Crabster would have been located within present day Carroll County<2>.

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

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crabster is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Crabster once stood is in the (410) area code.

Websites for Crabster ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Crabster ...

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

• Frederick
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Frederick is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,308 people
  • Former names for Frederick:
  • Frederick City
  • Frederick Town
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <5>
• Westminster
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • Westminster is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <5>
• Hanover
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
  • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <5>
• Mount Airy
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy
  • Mount Airy is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,502 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Airy <5>
• Gettysburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
  • Gettysburg is located in Adams County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,708 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gettysburg <5>
• Thurmont
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurmont
  • Thurmont is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurmont <5>
• Walkersville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Walkersville is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkersville <5>
• Hampstead
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
  • Hampstead is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampstead <5>
• Manchester
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,876 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <5>
• Littlestown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlestown
  • Littlestown is located in Adams County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littlestown <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 Crabster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crabster.

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

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

Adding Crabster to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crabster.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/

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