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Welcome to Monkton Farms ...

Monkton Farms is located in Baltimore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monkton Farms, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Monkton Farms is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Monkton Farms ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

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

Communities near Monkton Farms ...

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

  • Baltimore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bel Air
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bel Air is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Former names for Bel Air:
    • Belle Air
    • Belle Aire
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <4>
  • Hampstead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Manchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • New Freedom
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Shrewsbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Stewartstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Delta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Delta is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>
  • Winterstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Winterstown is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Monkton Farms ...

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

Adding Monkton Farms to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Monkton Farms in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Monkton Farms was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monkton Farms.

Footnotes ...

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