Welcome to North Branch ...

So far, we found very little information about North Branch. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added North Branch to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with North Branch, please Contact Us.

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North Branch would have been located within present day Baltimore County<2>.

The location of North Branch has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Branch, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for North Branch: N. Branch

While the community is gone, the present day location for North Branch is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where North Branch was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

North Branch would have been located in the (410) area code.

Websites for North Branch ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

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

Communities Also Named North Branch ...

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

Beyond Maryland, there are 19 communities that are also named North Branch - they are located in California, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan (4), Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near North Branch ...

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

• Baltimore
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
  • Baltimore is located in Baltimore City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 586,131 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <5>
• Westminster
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • Westminster is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <5>
• Mount Airy
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy
  • Mount Airy is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,502 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Airy <5>
• Hampstead
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
  • Hampstead is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampstead <5>
• Manchester
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,876 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <5>
• Sykesville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sykesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykesville
  • Sykesville is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sykesville <5>
• New Windsor
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Windsor
  • New Windsor is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,404 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Windsor <5>
• Union Bridge
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Bridge
  • Union Bridge is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Bridge <5>
• Laytonsville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laytonsville
  • Laytonsville is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laytonsville <5>
• Brookeville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookeville
  • Brookeville is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookeville <5>

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

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

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

Adding North Branch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Branch post office opened in 1850.

We also found North Branch in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Branch.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Baltimore County: www.co.ba.md.us/

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