Burkittsville
Burkittsville is a historic village in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The village lies in the southern Middletown Valley along the eastern base of South Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 142 residents
- Description: town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Burkittsville, Maryland”, “Burkittsville, MD”, “Burquisville”, “Harley”, “Harleys”, “Harleys Store”, and “Hurleys”
- Postal code: 21718
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gathland State Park and National War Correspondents Memorial.
Gathland State Park
Museum
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Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend, who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War.
National War Correspondents Memorial
Monument
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The National War Correspondents Memorial, part of Gathland State Park, is a memorial dedicated to journalists who died in war. It is located at Crampton's Gap at South Mountain, near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Run and Gapland.
Broad Run
Hamlet
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Broad Run is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Broad Run is located on Maryland Route 383, 4.5 miles southeast of Middletown. Broad Run is situated 1½ miles east of Burkittsville.
Gapland
Hamlet
Gapland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 109 as of the 2010 census. Gapland is situated 2 miles west of Burkittsville.
Brownsville
Hamlet
Brownsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, near Gapland in an area known as Pleasant Valley. Its population was 89 as of the 2010 census. Brownsville is situated 2 miles southwest of Burkittsville.
Burkittsville
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.39371° or 39° 23′ 37″ northLongitude
-77.62888° or 77° 37′ 44″ westPopulation
142Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)Open location code
87F499VC+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 157575996OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4349858Wikidata ID
Q755932
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Burkittsville” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوركيتسفيل”
- Basque: “Burkittsville”
- Catalan: “Burkittsville”
- Cebuano: “Burkittsville”
- Chechen: “Беркиттсвилл (Мэриленд)”
- Chechen: “Беркиттсвилл”
- Chinese: “Burkittsville”
- Chinese: “伯基茨維爾 (馬里蘭州)”
- Chinese: “伯基茨維爾”
- Dutch: “Burkittsville”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوركيتسفيل”
- French: “Burkittsville”
- German: “Burkittsville”
- Gilaki: “برکیتسویل (مريلند)”
- Gilaki: “برکیتسویل”
- Hungarian: “Burkittsville”
- Italian: “Burkittsville”
- Kazakh: “Bwrkïttsvïll”
- Kazakh: “Буркиттсвилл”
- Kazakh: “بۋركىيتتسۆىيلل”
- Kirghiz: “Буркиттсвилл”
- Ladin: “Burkittsville”
- Mazanderani: “بورکیتسویل (مریلند)”
- Mazanderani: “بورکیتسویل”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Burkittsville”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burkittsville”
- Norwegian: “Burkittsville”
- Persian: “بورکیتسویل، مریلند”
- Persian: “بورکیتسویل”
- Polish: “Burkittsville”
- Portuguese: “Burkittsville”
- Serbian: “Burkittsville”
- Serbian: “Буркитсвил”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Burkittsville, Maryland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Burkittsville”
- South Azerbaijani: “بورکیتسویل، مریلند”
- Spanish: “Burkittsville”
- Tatar: “Беркиттсвилл (Мэриленд)”
- Tatar: “Беркиттсвилл”
- Turkish: “Burkittsville, Maryland”
- Turkish: “Burkittsville”
- Ukrainian: “Беркіттсвілл”
- Uzbek: “Burkittsville”
- Uzbek: “Буркитцвилле”
- Volapük: “Burkittsville”
- Welsh: “Burkittsville, Maryland”
- Welsh: “Burkittsville”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pleasant Valley and Arnoldtown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Mountain Heritage Society and Saint Paul Lutheran Church.
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