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Welcome to Drum Point ...

Drum Point is located in Calvert County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drum Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

A typical abbreviation for Drum Point: Drum Pt.

Drum Point is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Drum Point ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drum Point ...

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

Adding Drum Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Drum Point 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 Drum Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Drum Point post office opened in 1888. The Drum Point post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drum Point.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Calvert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drum Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/