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Welcome to Principio Furnace ...

Principio Furnace is located in Cecil County<1>.

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

Principio Furnace is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Principio Furnace: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Websites for Principio Furnace ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cecilchamber.com/

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

Communities near Principio Furnace ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Principio Furnace ...

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

Adding Principio Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Principio Furnace 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 (so far) for Principio Furnace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Principio Furnace post office opened in 1850. The Principio Furnace post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Principio Furnace.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Cecil, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Principio Furnace - 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 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Principio Furnace area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Principio Furnace 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/