Tuscarora
Tuscarora is a small unincorporated community in southern Frederick County, in the U.S. state of Maryland. Maryland Route 28 runs through the village. The community was named for Tuscarora Creek that runs in the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rick Calvert, CC0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland
- Also known as: “Licksville”, “Tuscarora Station”, “Tuscarora, Maryland”, “Tuscarora, MD”, and “Tuskarora”
- Postal code: 21790
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monocacy Aqueduct.
Monocacy Aqueduct
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monocacy Aqueduct — or C&O Canal Aqueduct No. 2 — is the largest aqueduct on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, crossing the Monocacy River just before it empties into the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. Monocacy Aqueduct is situated 2½ miles southeast of Tuscarora.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dickerson and Point of Rocks.
Dickerson
Hamlet
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
Dickerson is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is on Maryland Route 28, between Sugarloaf Mountain and the Potomac River. It is a community near the town of Poolesville, Maryland. Dickerson is 61.5 square miles. Dickerson is situated 3½ miles southeast of Tuscarora.
Point of Rocks
Village
Photo: Pollinator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,466. Point of Rocks is situated 3½ miles west of Tuscarora.
Adamstown
Village
Photo: Rick Calvert, Public domain.
Adamstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is named for Adam Kohlenberg, a station agent and first town merchant who owned much of present-day Adamstown. Adamstown is situated 4 miles north of Tuscarora.
Tuscarora
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.25677° or 39° 15′ 24″ northLongitude
-77.47027° or 77° 28′ 13″ westElevation
292 feet (89 metres)Open location code
87F47G4H+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 158333963OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Tuscarora” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “塔斯卡羅拉 (馬里蘭州)”
- Chinese: “塔斯卡羅拉”
- French: “Tuscarora”
- Persian: “توسکارورا، مریلند”
- Persian: “توسکارورا”
- South Azerbaijani: “توسکارورا، مریلند”
- Urdu: “ٹسکارورا، میری لینڈ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tuscarora Post Office and Forest Grove Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tuscarora”. Photo: Rick Calvert, CC0.