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Welcome to Shour Valley ...

Shour Valley is located in Carroll County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Shour Valley: Shour Vly. (or less commonly used: Shour Vally. or Shour Vlly.)

Shour Valley is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Shour Valley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Shour Valley ...

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

  • Westminster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hanover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <4>
  • Gettysburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Thurmont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Taneytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hampstead
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Manchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Carroll Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Emmitsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • McSherrystown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shour Valley ...

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

Footnotes ...

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