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Welcome to Prospect ...

Prospect is located in Harford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prospect, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Prospect is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Prospect ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 51 communities that are also named Prospect - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Nevada, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (2), Ontario (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (8), Texas (3), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Prospect ...

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

  • Aberdeen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Havre de Grace
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bel Air
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bel Air is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Former names for Bel Air:
    • Belle Air
    • Belle Aire
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <4>
  • Oxford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Oxford is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • New Freedom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Perryville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North East
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Rising Sun
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Quarryville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stewartstown
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Prospect. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prospect.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prospect ...

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

Adding Prospect to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Prospect post office opened in 1861. The Prospect post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prospect.

Footnotes ...

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