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Welcome to Pleasant Ridge ...

Pleasant Ridge is located in Frederick County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Ridge: Pleasant Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Rdge. or Pleasant Ridg.)

Pleasant Ridge is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Pleasant Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 55 communities that are also named Pleasant Ridge - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (4), Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi (5), Missouri (4), New Brunswick (3), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (4), Texas (3), Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Websites for Pleasant Ridge ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.frederickchamber.org/

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

Communities near Pleasant Ridge ...

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

  • Frederick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Frederick is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,308 people
    • Former names for Frederick:
    • Frederick City
    • Frederick Town
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <4>
  • Westminster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Airy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Thurmont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Taneytown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sykesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Carroll Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Boonsboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Emmitsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Ridge ...

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

Footnotes ...

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