Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, 0.3 miles south of the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania. Founded in 1785, Emmitsburg is the home of Mount St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,370 residents
- Description: town in Frederick County, Maryland
- Also known as: “Carrollsburg”, “Emmetsburg”, “Emmettsburgh”, “Emmitsburg, Maryland”, “Emmitsburg, MD”, “Poplar Fields”, “Silver Fancy”, and “Silver Field”
- Postal code: 21727
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Fallen Firefighters Memorial and National Fire Academy.
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial is a memorial to career and volunteer firefighters who died in the line of duty. Located in Emmitsburg, Maryland, it was conceived as a tribute to American fire service.
National Fire Academy
School
The National Fire Academy is one of two schools in the United States operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairplay and Greenmount.
Fairplay
Hamlet
Fairplay is a populated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located between the Gettysburg Battlefield and the Mason–Dixon line at the intersection of U.S. Route 15 and the Emmitsburg Road, near Marsh Creek, in Freedom Township. Fairplay is situated 3½ miles northeast of Emmitsburg.
Greenmount
Hamlet
Greenmount is a populated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located southwest of the Gettysburg Battlefield, at Marsh Creek along the Emmitsburg Road, in Cumberland Township. Greenmount is situated 5 miles northeast of Emmitsburg.
Keysville
Hamlet
Keysville is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. Terra Rubra was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Keysville is situated 6 miles southeast of Emmitsburg.
Emmitsburg
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.70454° or 39° 42′ 16″ northLongitude
-77.32693° or 77° 19′ 37″ westPopulation
2,370Elevation
436 feet (133 metres)Open location code
87F4PM3F+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 158353357OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4354352Wikidata ID
Q754471
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Emmitsburg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إميتسبورغ”
- Basque: “Emmitsburg”
- Catalan: “Emmitsburg”
- Cebuano: “Emmitsburg”
- Chechen: “Эммитсбург (Мэриленд)”
- Chechen: “Эммитсбург”
- Chinese: “Emmitsburg”
- Chinese: “埃米茨堡 (馬里蘭州)”
- Chinese: “埃米茨堡”
- Czech: “Emmitsburg”
- Dagbani: “Emmitsburg”
- Dutch: “Emmitsburg”
- French: “Emmitsburg”
- German: “Emmitsburg”
- Gilaki: “امیتسبرگ (مريلند)”
- Gilaki: “امیتسبرگ”
- Hungarian: “Emmitsburg”
- Irish: “Emmitsburg”
- Italian: “Emmitsburg”
- Japanese: “エミッツバーグ”
- Japanese: “エミツバーグ”
- Kazakh: “Émmïtsbwrg”
- Kazakh: “Эммитсбург”
- Kazakh: “ەممىيتسبۋرگ”
- Kirghiz: “Эммитсбург”
- Ladin: “Emmitsburg”
- Mazanderani: “امیتسبورگ (مریلند)”
- Mazanderani: “امیتسبورگ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Emmitsburg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Emmitsburg”
- Norwegian: “Emmitsburg”
- Persian: “امیتسبورگ، مریلند”
- Persian: “امیتسبورگ”
- Polish: “Emmitsburg”
- Portuguese: “Emmitsburg”
- Russian: “Эммитсберг”
- Serbian: “Емитсберг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Emmitsburg, Maryland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Emmitsburg”
- Slovak: “Emmitsburg”
- Slovenian: “Emmitsburg”
- South Azerbaijani: “امیتسبورق، مریلند”
- Spanish: “Emmitsburg”
- Tatar: “Эммитсбург (Мэриленд)”
- Tatar: “Эммитсбург”
- Ukrainian: “Еммітсбург”
- Uzbek: “Emmitsburg”
- Uzbek: “Еммицбург”
- Volapük: “Emmitsburg”
- Welsh: “Emmitsburg, Maryland”
- Welsh: “Emmitsburg”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Emmit Ridge and Northgate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include VFW Post and Vigilant Hose Company Number 6.
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