Welcome to Farmersville ...

Farmersville is located in Lancaster County<1>.

The location of Farmersville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Farmersville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

Farmersville is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Farmersville is within the (717) area code.

Communities Also Named Farmersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Farmersville: This one is located in Lancaster County and the other is located in Northampton County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 16 communities that are also named Farmersville - they are located in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey (2), New York, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Farmersville.

Communities near Farmersville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Farmersville.

• Reading
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
  • Reading is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,217 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reading <4>
• Lancaster
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,990 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• Lebanon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Lebanon is located in Lebanon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,725 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <4>
• Ephrata
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephrata
  • Ephrata is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,801 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephrata <4>
• Wyomissing
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
  • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <4>
• Columbia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • Columbia is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
• Lititz
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
  • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
• Millersville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
  • Millersville is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,289 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millersville <4>
• Mount Joy
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Mount Joy is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Joy <4>
• New Holland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • New Holland is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Holland <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Farmersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Farmersville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Farmersville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmersville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmersville. See our Newspapers Page for Farmersville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Farmersville ...

Looking for more information about Farmersville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Farmersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Farmersville.

Adding Farmersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Farmersville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Farmersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Farmersville post office opened in 1855.

We also found Farmersville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Farmersville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Farmersville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/