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Welcome to Gist ...

Gist is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gist, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Gist is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Gist ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Gist - they are located in Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Websites for Gist ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Gist ...

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

  • Westminster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mount Airy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Taneytown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Walkersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Hampstead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Sykesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • New Windsor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodsboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Union Bridge
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Gist. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gist.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gist ...

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

Adding Gist to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gist post office opened in 1880. The Gist post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gist.

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