RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Maryland >> Harford County >> GarlandIndex...

Welcome to Garland ...

Garland is located in Harford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Garland is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Garland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Maryland communities named Garland: This one is located in Harford County and the other is located in Anne Arundel County.

Beyond Maryland, there are 32 communities that are also named Garland - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Utah, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Garland ...

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

  • Aberdeen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Elkton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Havre de Grace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bel Air
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Oxford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • New Freedom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Perryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • North East
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Rising Sun
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Stewartstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garland ...

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

Adding Garland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Garland post office opened in 1887. The Garland post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Garland.

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 Garland - 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 Garland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Garland 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/