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Welcome to Spooners Creek ...

Spooners Creek is located in Harford County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Spooners Creek: Spooners Crk. (or less commonly used: Spooners Ck. or Spooners Cr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Spooners Creek for more information about variations on the name of Spooners Creek.

Spooners Creek is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Spooners Creek ...

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

  • Aberdeen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Bel Air
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Hampstead
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Red Lion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • New Freedom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Shrewsbury
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Stewartstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Glen Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Loganville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Deposit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spooners Creek ...

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

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 Spooners Creek - 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 Spooners Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Spooners Creek 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.