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Welcome to Emerald Valley ...

Emerald Valley is located in Carroll County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Emerald Valley: Emerald Vly. (or less commonly used: Emerald Vally. or Emerald Vlly.)

Emerald Valley is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Emerald Valley: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Emerald Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Emerald Valley - it's located in South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Emerald Valley.

Websites for Emerald Valley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Emerald Valley ...

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

  • Westminster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Mount Airy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hampstead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • New Windsor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Bridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • New Market
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Laytonsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Morgan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Morgan is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Emerald Valley ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Emerald Valley - 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 Emerald Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Emerald Valley 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.