Colora
Colora is an unincorporated community in western Cecil County, Maryland, United States, near Conowingo and Port Deposit. The ZIP Code of this area is 21917, and has some historic houses and some new structures, including several development neighborhoods.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland
- Also known as: “Colora, Maryland”, “Colora, MD”, and “West Nottingham”
- Postal code: 21917
Places of Interest
Highlights include Colora Meetinghouse and West Nottingham Academy.
Colora Meetinghouse
Place of worship
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colora Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Colora, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The meeting house was built in 1841 as part of a larger dispute known as the "great separation." The original members of the Colora Meeting…
West Nottingham Academy
School
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
West Nottingham Academy is an independent co-ed school serves both boarding and day students in grades 9-12. It was founded in 1744 by the Presbyterian preacher Samuel Finley, who later became President of The College of New Jersey, which is now Princeton University.
West Nottingham Meetinghouse
Church
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
The West Nottingham Meetinghouse, or Little Brick Meetinghouse, is a historic Friends meeting house located at Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liberty Grove and Harrisville.
Liberty Grove
Hamlet
Liberty Grove is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. Liberty Grove is situated 1½ miles southwest of Colora.
Harrisville
Hamlet
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harrisville is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is located west of Rising Sun at the roundabout for Maryland State Routes 273 and 276. Harrisville is situated 2 miles northeast of Colora.
Oakwood
Hamlet
Oakwood is an unincorporated community, in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It lies at an elevation of 371 feet. Oakwood is situated 4½ miles northwest of Colora.
Colora
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Cecil County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.67205° or 39° 40′ 19″ northLongitude
-76.09856° or 76° 5′ 55″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)United Nations Location Code
US COROpen location code
87F5MWC2+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 158397781OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4352045Wikidata ID
Q5148658
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