Welcome to Sweet Air ...

Sweet Air is located in Baltimore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweet Air, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Sweet Air is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Sweet Air ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Maryland communities named Sweet Air: This one is located in Baltimore County and the other is located in Carroll County.

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

Websites for Sweet Air ...

Chamber of Commerce: www.baltcountycc.com/

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

Communities near Sweet Air ...

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

Baltimore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Baltimore is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586,131 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <4>
Aberdeen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,964 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <4>
Bel Air
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hampstead is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampstead <4>
New Freedom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Freedom is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,810 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Freedom <4>
Shrewsbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,847 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shrewsbury <4>
Stewartstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stewartstown is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,284 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stewartstown <4>
Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Delta is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>
Fawn Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fawn Grove is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fawn Grove <4>
Railroad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Railroad is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Railroad
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Railroad <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweet Air ...

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

Adding Sweet Air to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sweet Air 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 Sweet Air was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sweet Air.

Footnotes ...

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