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Welcome to Federal Hill ...

Federal Hill is located in Harford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Federal Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Federal Hill is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Federal Hill: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Federal Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Federal Hill - they are located in Florida, Indiana, Rhode Island and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Federal Hill.

Communities near Federal Hill ...

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

  • Aberdeen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Bel Air
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bel Air is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Former names for Bel Air:
    • Belle Air
    • Belle Aire
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <4>
  • Red Lion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • New Freedom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Shrewsbury
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Stewartstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Glen Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Windsor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Loganville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Deposit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Federal Hill ...

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

Adding Federal Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Federal Hill post office opened in 1854. The Federal Hill post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Federal Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Harford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Federal Hill - 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 Federal Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Federal Hill 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/