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Piney Creek

Ghost town · Carroll County, Maryland

Taneytown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 1:62,500)
Taneytown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Piney Creek is a ghost town in Carroll County, Maryland. It is one of 8 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Piney Creek as a historical populated place on the Taneytown topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.7023° N, 77.1250° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTaneytown
Elevation503 ft
Nearest living townLittlestown, PA
Distance to it3.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1695371
Coordinates39.70232, -77.12498

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What's there now

Piney Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Littlestown, PA (population 4,810), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 503 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Piney Creek?

Piney Creek is in Carroll County, Maryland, at 39.7023, -77.1250.

How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?

Carroll County, Maryland has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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