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Cecil County

Rising Sun

Rising Sun is a town in , , United States. The population was 2,781 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Village with 1,820 residents
  • Description: town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Rising Sun, Maryland”, “Rising Sun, MD”, “Risingsun”, “Summer Hill”, and “Summerhill”
  • Postal code: 21911

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Nottingham Meetinghouse and Colora Meetinghouse.

Church
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The , or Little Brick Meetinghouse, is a historic Friends meeting house located at Rising Sun, , , .

Place of worship
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The is a historic Friends meeting house located at , , , . 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… is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rising Sun.

School
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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. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rising Sun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harrisville and Colora.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located west of Rising Sun at the roundabout for Maryland State Routes 273 and 276.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in western , , United States, near and . The ZIP Code of this area is 21917, and has some historic houses and some new structures, including several development neighborhoods. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rising Sun.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place that is located in in , , United States. is situated 4 miles northeast of Rising Sun.

Rising Sun

Latitude
39.69804° or 39° 41′ 53″ north
Longitude
-76.06282° or 76° 3′ 46″ west
Population
1,820
Elevation
387 feet (118 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RUN
Open location code
87F5MWXP+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158345722
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4366852
Wiki­data ID
Q754858
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rising Sun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريزينغ صن”
  • Basque: “Rising Sun”
  • Catalan: “Rising Sun”
  • Cebuano: “Rising Sun”
  • Chechen: “Райзинг-Сан (Мэриленд)”
  • Chechen: “Райзинг-Сан”
  • Chinese: “Rising Sun”
  • Chinese: “賴辛森 (馬里蘭州)”
  • Chinese: “賴辛森”
  • Dutch: “Rising Sun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريزينج صن”
  • French: “Rising Sun”
  • German: “Rising Sun”
  • Gilaki: “رایزینگ سان (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “رایزینگ سان”
  • Hungarian: “Rising Sun”
  • Italian: “Rising Sun”
  • Japanese: “ライジングサン”
  • Kazakh: “Raýzïng San”
  • Kazakh: “Райзинг Сан”
  • Kazakh: “رايزىينگ سان”
  • Kirghiz: “Райзинг Сан”
  • Ladin: “Rising Sun”
  • Latin: “Rising Sun”
  • Latin: “Sol Oriens”
  • Mazanderani: “رایزینگ سان (مریلند)”
  • Mazanderani: “رایزینگ سان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rising Sun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rising Sun”
  • Norwegian: “Rising Sun”
  • Persian: “رایزینگ سان، مریلند”
  • Persian: “رایزینگ سان”
  • Polish: “Rising Sun”
  • Portuguese: “Rising Sun”
  • Serbian: “Рајзиг Сан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rising Sun, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rising Sun”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریسینق سون، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Rising Sun”
  • Tatar: “Райзинг-Сан (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Райзинг-Сан”
  • Ukrainian: “Райзінг-Сан”
  • Uzbek: “Rising Sun”
  • Uzbek: “Рисинг Сун”
  • Volapük: “Rising Sun”
  • Welsh: “Rising Sun, Maryland”
  • Welsh: “Rising Sun”

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