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Welcome to Picardy ...

Picardy is located in Allegany County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Picardy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Picardy is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Picardy: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities Also Named Picardy ...

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

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

Communities near Picardy ...

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

  • Cumberland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Romney
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Romney is located in Hampshire County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <4>
  • Carpendale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
  • Ridgeley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bath
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
  • Paw Paw
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Capon Bridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Magnolia is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Green Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Ridge is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
  • Oldtown
    (5 miles [8 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 Picardy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Picardy.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Picardy ...

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

Adding Picardy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Picardy post office opened in 1918. The Picardy post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Picardy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Allegany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Picardy - 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 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Picardy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Picardy 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/