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Welcome to Friends Creek ...

Friends Creek is located in Frederick County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Friends Creek: Friends Crk. (or less commonly used: Friends Ck. or Friends Cr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Friends Creek for more information about variations on the name of Friends Creek.

Friends Creek is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Friends Creek: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Websites for Friends Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.frederickchamber.org/

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

Communities near Friends Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Friends Creek.

  • Hagerstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Hagerstown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,918 people
    • Former name for Hagerstown:
    • Hager's Town
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerstown <4>
  • Waynesboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Gettysburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Thurmont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Taneytown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Walkersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Littlestown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Greencastle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Boonsboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Emmitsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Friends Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Friends Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friends Creek ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Friends Creek - 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 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Friends Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Friends Creek 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.