Welcome to Morgantown ...

Morgantown is located in Charles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morgantown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Morgantown is near sea level<2>.

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

Telephone area codes for Morgantown: (301) and (240)<3>

Websites for Morgantown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cccc-md.org/

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

Communities Also Named Morgantown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Maryland communities named Morgantown: This one is located in Charles County and the other is located in Allegany County.

Beyond Maryland, there are 19 communities that are also named Morgantown - they are located in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi (3), Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio (5), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Morgantown ...

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

• La Plata
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
  • La Plata is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <4>
• Leonardtown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonardtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardtown
  • Leonardtown is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,912 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardtown <4>
• Colonial Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Beach
  • Colonial Beach is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Beach <4>
• Montross
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montross
  • Montross is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montross <4>
• Port Royal
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
  • Port Royal is located in Caroline County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Royal <4>
• Port Tobacco Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Tobacco Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tobacco Village
  • Port Tobacco Village is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
• Dahlgren
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dahlgren have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
  • Dahlgren is located in King George County (VA)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dahlgren <4>
• Hooes
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooes have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooes
  • Hooes is located in King George County (VA)
• Faulkner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faulkner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
  • Faulkner is located in Charles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faulkner <4>
• Mount Air
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Air
  • Mount Air is located in Charles County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morgantown ...

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

Adding Morgantown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Morgantown post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morgantown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Morgantown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Charles County: www.charlescounty.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/