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Welcome to Michaelsville ...

Michaelsville is located in Harford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Michaelsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823.

Michaelsville is near sea level<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Michaelsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Michaelsville - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Michaelsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Michaelsville ...

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

Adding Michaelsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Michaelsville post office opened in 1823. The Michaelsville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Michaelsville.

Footnotes ...

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