Ironsides, Maryland

Ironsides, Maryland
Unincorporated community
Ironsides is located in Maryland
Ironsides
Ironsides
Location within the state of Maryland
Ironsides is located in the United States
Ironsides
Ironsides
Ironsides (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°29′30″N 77°9′35″W / 38.49167°N 77.15972°W / 38.49167; -77.15972
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountyCharles
Elevation
126 ft (38 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID588681

Ironsides is an unincorporated community or "post village"[1] in Charles County, Maryland, United States with zip code 20643.[2] The Post Office was established in 1897[3] and remained open until at least 1976.[4] Today Ironsides area residents have Indian Head or Nanjemoy addresses. The nearby historic post offices of Nanjemoy and Doncaster, dating from 1800 and 1855, are often associated with historical records of Ironsides.

  1. ^ Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of Maryland, Maryland Bureau of Statistics and Information, 1907.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ironsides, Maryland
  3. ^ The Postal History of Maryland, Delmarva and D.C., Smith, C. M., and Kay, J. L., 1984 as cited in Pathways to History: Charles County Maryland, 1658–2008; King, J., Arnold-Lourie, C., and Shaffer, S., Smallwood Foundation Inc., 2008
  4. ^ "Charles County Maryland", Charles County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.