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Welcome to Merrill ...

Merrill is located in Garrett County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Merrill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Merrill is 1,740 feet [530 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Merrill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Merrill - they are located in California, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Merrill ...

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

  • Cumberland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Frostburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Keyser
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyser
    • Keyser is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,863 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keyser <4>
  • Meyersdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Westernport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lonaconing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Carpendale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpendale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
    • Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
  • Grantsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Piedmont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Salisbury
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Merrill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Merrill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Merrill ...

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

Adding Merrill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Merrill 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 Merrill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Merrill post office opened in 1901.

We also found Merrill on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Merrill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Garrett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Merrill - 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 Merrill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Merrill 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/