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Welcome to Ryceville ...

Ryceville is located in Charles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ryceville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Ryceville is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Ryceville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cccc-md.org/

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

Communities near Ryceville ...

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

  • La Plata
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Leonardtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Colonial Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle Harbor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Port Tobacco Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Tobacco Village is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tobacco Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Charlotte Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Independence Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Independence Village is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
  • Mechanicsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Chaptico
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Helen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Helen is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ryceville ...

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

Adding Ryceville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ryceville post office opened in 1898. The Ryceville post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ryceville.

Footnotes ...

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