Lancaster, Maryland

Current Weather

Lancaster is located in Charles County.

Lancaster is 60 feet [18.29 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Lancaster lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Lancaster can be found in:

While we we don't have population counts for Lancaster, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Lancaster).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008<4> Population	Change Since 2000
	Capitol Heights	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	4,096	1.01% decrease
	District Heights	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	6,034	1.28% increase
	Fairmount Heights	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,495	0.86% decrease
	Forest Heights	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	2,554	1.2% decrease
	Indian Head	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	3,758	9.82% increase
	La Plata	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	8,879	35.54% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Lancaster.

The Commemorative Quarter for Maryland<5>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lancaster. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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