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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Frederick (MD). It is located about 22 miles [35 km] to the southeast of Roadside and has a population of 52,767 people.<1>

The next largest community is Gaithersburg (MD). It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the south of Roadside and has a population of 52,613 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Brunswick (MD)   S31 mi [49.89 km]5,2286.82% increase
 Hagerstown (MD)   SW13 mi [20.92 km]39,7288.29% increase
 Hampstead (MD)   E37 mi [59.5 km]5,4678.04% increase
 Mount Airy (MD)   SE33 mi [53.1 km]8,76136.36% increase
 Poolesville (MD)   S43 mi [69.2 km]5,67410.15% increase
 Sykesville (MD)   SE40 mi [64.4 km]4,4195.29% increase
 Taneytown (MD)   E20 mi [32.19 km]5,4225.73% increase
 Thurmont (MD)   SE11 mi [17.7 km]6,0378.04% increase
 Walkersville (MD)   SE21 mi [33.8 km]5,6067.97% increase
 Westminster (MD)   SE30 mi [48.28 km]17,6895.73% increase
 Harrisburg   NE49 mi [78.9 km]47,1483.68% decrease
 Waynesboro   W2 mi [3.22 km]9,9473.46% increase
 York   E44 mi [70.8 km]40,0971.87% decrease
 Martinsburg (WV)   SW31 mi [49.89 km]17,02013.68% increase
 Ranson (WV)   SW36 mi [57.9 km]---

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Cavetown (MD)   S8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Chewsville (MD)   SW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Greenvale Village (MD)   SW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Highfield-Cascade (MD)   SE4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Hill Village (MD)   SW6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Leitersburg (MD)   SW6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Long Meadow (MD)   SW10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Paramount-Long Meadow (MD)   SW10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Robinwood (MD)   SW10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Smithsburg (MD)   S7 mi [11.27 km]2,90835.51% increase
 Brownsville   N9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Guilford   NW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Monterey   SE3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Rouzerville   SLess than 2 mi---
 Wayne Heights   SWLess than 2 mi---

Franklin County

Roadside is located in Franklin County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin: Juniata, Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Frederick (MD), Washington (MD), Fulton and Huntingdon.

While not sharing a border with Franklin, the following counties are close to Roadside: Carroll (MD), Berkeley (WV) and Jefferson (WV).

Below are counties that are near Roadside (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Roadside:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Roadside
 Baltimore County (MD)   EHampstead (MD)37 miles [59 km]
 Carroll County (MD)   SECarroll View (MD)17 miles [27 km]
 Frederick County (MD)   SESabillasville (MD)5 miles [8 km]
 Howard County (MD)   SECountry View (MD)35 miles [56 km]
 Montgomery County (MD)   SEFox Ridge Estates (MD)34 miles [54 km]
 Washington County (MD)   SBlue Mountain (MD)3 miles [4 km]
 Adams County   EGladhill4 miles [6 km]
 Bedford County   WGapsville39 miles [62 km]
 Cumberland County   NTusculum18 miles [28 km]
 Fulton County   WCito25 miles [40 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Roadside. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

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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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Roadside.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Roadside and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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