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Welcome to Lappans ...

Lappans is located in Washington County<1>.

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

Lappans is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Lappans ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lappans ...

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

Adding Lappans to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lappans post office opened in 1884. The Lappans post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lappans.

Footnotes ...

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