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Welcome to Greenhurst ...

Greenhurst is located in Cecil County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenhurst, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Greenhurst is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Greenhurst ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Greenhurst - they are located in New York and South Carolina.

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

Websites for Greenhurst ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cecilchamber.com/

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

Communities near Greenhurst ...

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

  • Newark
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
  • Aberdeen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Elkton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Havre de Grace
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bel Air
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Perryville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • North East
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rising Sun
    (3 miles [4.8 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 Greenhurst. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenhurst.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenhurst ...

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

Adding Greenhurst to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greenhurst in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Greenhurst was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Greenhurst post office opened in 1900. The Greenhurst post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenhurst.

Footnotes ...

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