RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Maryland >> Harford County >> ShawsvilleIndex...

Welcome to Shawsville ...

Shawsville is located in Harford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shawsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Shawsville is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Shawsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Shawsville - they are located in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Shawsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shawsville ...

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

Adding Shawsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shawsville 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 for Shawsville was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Shawsville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shawsville.

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 Shawsville - 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 Shawsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Shawsville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.