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Welcome to Wellham Crossroads ...

So far, we found very little information about Wellham Crossroads. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wellham Crossroads to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wellham Crossroads, please Contact Us.


Wellham Crossroads would have been located within present day Anne Arundel County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wellham Crossroads, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Wellham Crossroads: Wellham Xrds.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wellham Crossroads is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Wellham Crossroads was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Wellham Crossroads ...

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

  • Baltimore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Bowie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bowie is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <4>
  • Annapolis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • College Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurel is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <4>
  • Greenbelt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenbelt is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbelt <4>
  • New Carrollton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Berwyn Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwyn Heights is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,249 people
  • Arundel Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Arundel Village is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel Village
  • Baltimore Highlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Baltimore Highlands is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Highlands

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

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

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

Adding Wellham Crossroads to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wellham Crossroads in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wellham Crossroads was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wellham Crossroads.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wellham Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Anne Arundel, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wellham Crossroads - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.