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Welcome to Thayerville ...

Thayerville is located in Garrett County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thayerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Thayerville is 2,470 feet [753 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Thayerville is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Thayerville: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities near Thayerville ...

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

  • Keyser
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Keyser is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyser
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,863 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keyser <4>
  • Kingwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Kingwood is located in Preston County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingwood <4>
  • Mountain Lake Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
  • Oakland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakland is located in Garrett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
  • Westernport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Terra Alta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lonaconing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Grantsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Piedmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Loch Lynn Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thayerville ...

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

Adding Thayerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thayerville 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 Thayerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Thayerville post office opened in 1893. The Thayerville post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thayerville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Garrett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thayerville - 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 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Thayerville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Thayerville 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/