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Welcome to Potomac Beach ...

Potomac Beach is located in Westmoreland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Potomac Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

A typical abbreviation for Potomac Beach: Potomac Bch.

Potomac Beach is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Potomac Beach: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Potomac Beach ...

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

  • La Plata
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • La Plata is located in Charles County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <4>
  • Leonardtown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Montross
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Royal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Tobacco Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Port Tobacco Village is located in Charles County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tobacco Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Alden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Alden is located in King George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
  • Morgantown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Morgantown is located in Charles County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
  • Dahlgren
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Nash Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Nash Town is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Town
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Potomac Beach ...

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

Adding Potomac Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Potomac Beach post office opened in 1914. The Potomac Beach post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Potomac Beach.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Westmoreland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Potomac Beach - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Potomac Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Potomac Beach 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/