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Welcome to West Friendship ...

West Friendship is located in Howard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Friendship, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1864.

A typical abbreviation for West Friendship: W. Friendship

West Friendship is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Friendship: 410, 443 & 667<3>

The ZIP code for West Friendship: 21794<4>

Websites for West Friendship ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.howardchamber.com/

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

Communities near West Friendship ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Friendship ...

Looking for more information about West Friendship? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for West Friendship, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for West Friendship.

Adding West Friendship to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Friendship 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 for West Friendship was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the West Friendship post office opened in 1864.

We also found West Friendship in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Friendship.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Friendship - 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 West Friendship area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the West Friendship area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as West Friendship). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether West Friendship or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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