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Welcome to Shamburg ...So far, we found very little information about Shamburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Shamburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shamburg, please Contact Us. Shamburg would have been located within present day Baltimore County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Shamburg, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Shamburg, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. The community was inundated by the Prettyboy Reservoir. While the community is gone, the present day location for Shamburg is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Shamburg was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Shamburg would have been located in the (410) area code. Websites for Shamburg ...Chamber of Commerce: www.baltcountycc.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Shamburg, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Shamburg ...For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shamburg. Communities near Shamburg ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shamburg.
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 Shamburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shamburg. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shamburg. 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 Shamburg. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shamburg. See our Newspapers Page for Shamburg. Adding Shamburg to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shamburg 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 Shamburg was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Shamburg. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Baltimore County: www.co.ba.md.us/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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