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Welcome to Piney Creek ...

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

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

Piney Creek would have been located within present day Carroll County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Piney Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for Piney Creek: Piney Crk. (or less commonly used: Piney Ck. or Piney Cr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Piney Creek is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Piney Creek was located: 410, 443 & 667<4>

Communities Also Named Piney Creek ...

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

Beyond Maryland, there are 4 communities that are also named Piney Creek - they are located in Colorado, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for Piney Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Piney Creek ...

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

  • Westminster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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 <6>
  • Hanover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <6>
  • Gettysburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Thurmont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Taneytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Walkersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
    • Walkersville is located in Frederick County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkersville <6>
  • Hampstead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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 <6>
  • Manchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Littlestown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Carroll Valley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carroll Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll Valley
    • Carroll Valley is located in Adams County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carroll Valley <6>

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

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

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

Adding Piney Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Piney Creek 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 Piney Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Piney Creek post office opened in 1838.

We also found Piney Creek in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Piney Creek.

The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Piney Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piney Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Piney Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Piney Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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