Census Data for Dotsons Ridge

As far as we can tell, Dotsons Ridge<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Dotsons Ridge, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Mount Airy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Airy is located in Carroll County
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New Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Windsor is located in Carroll County
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Sykesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sykesville is located in Carroll County
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Union Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Bridge is located in Carroll County
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Westminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in Carroll County
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New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Frederick County
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Woodsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodsboro is located in Frederick County
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Taneytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Taneytown is located in Carroll County
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Walkersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Walkersville is located in Frederick County
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Hampstead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampstead is located in Carroll County
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Laytonsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Laytonsville is located in Montgomery County
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Frederick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Frederick is located in Frederick County
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- Former names for Frederick:
- Frederick City
- Frederick Town
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- Manchester
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Manchester is located in Carroll County
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- Brookeville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  - Brookeville is located in Montgomery County
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- Thurmont
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Thurmont is located in Frederick County
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Carroll County ...

Dotsons Ridge is located in Carroll County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Carroll County.

Miscellaneous Information for Dotsons Ridge ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Carroll County or the community of Dotsons Ridge:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Dotsons Ridge:
- GNIS ID for Dotsons Ridge: 1696019
- GNIS ID for Carroll County: 1696228
- GNIS ID for State of Maryland: 1714934

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Dotsons Ridge is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Dotsons Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Dotsons Ridge may originally have been Dotson's Ridge. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dotsons Ridge might be written as Dotson Ridge. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Dotsons Ridge.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.