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

Welcome to Gittings ...

Gittings is located in Baltimore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gittings, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Gittings is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Gittings ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gittings - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Websites for Gittings ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

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

Communities near Gittings ...

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

  • Baltimore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Aberdeen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Bel Air
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • New Freedom
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Stewartstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Delta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Delta is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>
  • Fawn Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Bosley ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bosley is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosley
  • Doncaster Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Doncaster Village is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doncaster Village
  • Jerusalem Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jerusalem Mills is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Mills

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gittings ...

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

Adding Gittings to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gittings post office opened in 1884. The Gittings post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gittings.

Footnotes ...

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