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Welcome to Miners Ridge ...

Miners Ridge is located in Carroll County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Miners Ridge: Miners Rdg. (or less commonly used: Miners Rdge. or Miners Ridg.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Miners Ridge for more information about variations on the name of Miners Ridge.

Miners Ridge is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Miners Ridge ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Miners Ridge ...

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

  • Baltimore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Westminster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Airy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Taneytown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hampstead
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Manchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Sykesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Windsor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Bridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • New Market
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Miners Ridge ...

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

Footnotes ...

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