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Welcome to Grand Valley Acres ...

Grand Valley Acres is located in Carroll County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Grand Valley Acres: Grand Vly. Acres (or less commonly used: Grand Vally. Acres or Grand Vlly. Acres)

Grand Valley Acres is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Grand Valley Acres: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Websites for Grand Valley Acres ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Grand Valley Acres ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Valley Acres.

  • Westminster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hanover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <4>
  • Gettysburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Taneytown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hampstead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Manchester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Littlestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Shrewsbury
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Emmitsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • McSherrystown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grand Valley Acres ...

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

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