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Welcome to Dar ...

Dar is located in Baltimore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Dar is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dar: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Websites for Dar ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

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

Communities near Dar ...

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

  • York
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • York is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Westminster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hanover
    (16 miles [25.7 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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Lion
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Manchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • New Freedom
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • West York
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Dallastown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Shrewsbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dar ...

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

Adding Dar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dar post office opened in 1890. The Dar post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dar.

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 Dar - 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 Dar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Dar 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/