Welcome to Earleigh Heights ...

Earleigh Heights is located in Anne Arundel County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Earleigh Heights, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Earleigh Heights: Earleigh Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Earleigh Heights is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Earleigh Heights ...

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

• Baltimore
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Baltimore is located in Baltimore City
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 586,131 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <3>
• Bowie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowie is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,212 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <3>
• Annapolis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Annapolis is located in Anne Arundel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,524 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Annapolis <3>
• Laurel
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Laurel is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <3>
• Greenbelt
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Greenbelt is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,229 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbelt <3>
• New Carrollton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • New Carrollton is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Carrollton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,909 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Carrollton <3>
• Glenarden
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenarden is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenarden
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,151 people
• Berwyn Heights
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Berwyn Heights is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn Heights
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,249 people
• Landover Hills
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Landover Hills is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landover Hills
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,635 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landover Hills <3>
• Rock Hall
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Rock Hall is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Hall <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Earleigh Heights ...

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

Adding Earleigh Heights to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Earleigh Heights post office opened in 1892. The Earleigh Heights post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Earleigh Heights.