Maryland
Capital Region
Frederick County

Point of Rocks

Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in . As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,466.
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  • Type: Village with 1,470 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Nelsons Ferry”, “Point of Rocks, Maryland”, “Point of Rocks, MD”, and “Trammelstown”
  • Postal code: 21777

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point of Rocks station.

Railway station
Photo: Samual Ruaat, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point of Rocks is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, WV, located at Point of Rocks, , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taylorstown and Tuscarora.

Hamlet
is a small community in , , United States, built on the banks of and the surrounding hillside, about two miles south of the . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Point of Rocks.

Hamlet
Photo: Rick Calvert, CC0.
is a small unincorporated community in southern , in the U.S. state of . Maryland Route 28 runs through the village. The community was named for Creek that runs in the area. is situated 3½ miles east of Point of Rocks.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located to the northwest of along the eastern flanks of . is situated 4 miles south of Point of Rocks.

Point of Rocks

Latitude
39.27453° or 39° 16′ 28″ north
Longitude
-77.53584° or 77° 32′ 9″ west
Population
1,470
Elevation
253 feet (77 metres)
Open location code
87F47FF7+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158501631
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4365812
Wiki­data ID
Q3886924
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Point of Rocks” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Point of Rocks”
  • Chinese: “巨岩點（Point of Rocks）”
  • Chinese: “巨岩點”
  • Chinese: “巨巖點（Point of Rocks）”
  • Chinese: “馬里蘭州，巨岩點”
  • Chinese: “馬里蘭州，巨巖點”
  • Dutch: “Point of Rocks”
  • French: “Point of Rocks”
  • Gilaki: “پؤینت آو راکس (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “پؤینت آو راکس”
  • Irish: “Point of Rocks”
  • Ladin: “Point of Rocks”
  • Persian: “پوینت آو راک، مریلند”
  • Persian: “پوینت آو راک”
  • Persian: “پوینت او راک، مریلند”
  • Polish: “Point of Rocks”
  • Serbian: “Поинт ов Рокс”
  • Serbian: “Појнт оф Рокс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Point of Rocks, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Point of Rocks”
  • Spanish: “Point of Rocks”
  • Tatar: “Пойнт-оф-Рокс (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Пойнт-оф-Рокс”
  • Ukrainian: “Пойнт-оф-Рокс”
  • Urdu: “پوائنٹ آف راکس، میری لینڈ”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Solid Rock Assembly of God and Point of Rocks Community Commons Park.

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