Taneytown, MD -- U.S. city in Maryland Population (2000): 5128 Housing Units (2000): 1848 Land area (2000): 2.879174 sq. miles (7.457027 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.879174 sq. miles (7.457027 sq. km) FIPS code: 76725 Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24 Location: 39.657099 N, 77.170627 W ZIP Codes (1990): 21787 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Taneytown, MD Taneytown