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Welcome to Houcksville ...Houcksville is located in Carroll County<1>. The location of Houcksville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Houcksville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Houcksville is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Houcksville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Houcksville is served by one (or more) of the following area codes: (410), (443)<4> & (667). Websites for Houcksville ...Chamber of Commerce: www.carrollcountychamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Houcksville, the following might be of interest: Communities near Houcksville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Houcksville.
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 Houcksville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Houcksville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Houcksville. 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 Houcksville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houcksville ...Looking for more information about Houcksville? 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 Houcksville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Houcksville. Adding Houcksville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Houcksville 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 for Houcksville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Houcksville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Houcksville. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Houcksville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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