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Welcome to Hard Corner ...

Hard Corner is located in Charles County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hard Corner: Hard Cor. (or less commonly used: Hard Crn.)

Hard Corner is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hard Corner: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities Also Named Hard Corner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hard Corner - it's located in Virginia.

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

Websites for Hard Corner ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cccc-md.org/

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

Communities near Hard Corner ...

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

  • La Plata
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Leonardtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Indian Head
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Colonial Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Port Royal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle Harbor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Port Tobacco Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Port Tobacco Village is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tobacco Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Faulkner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mount Air
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Air is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Air
  • Bel Alton
    (5 miles [8 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 Hard Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hard Corner.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hard Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Charles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hard Corner - 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 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Hard Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Hard Corner 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.