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Welcome to Stoughstown ...Stoughstown is located in Cumberland County<1>. The location of Stoughstown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Stoughstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1825. Stoughstown is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Stoughstown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Stoughstown lies within the (717) area code. Communities near Stoughstown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stoughstown.
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 Stoughstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stoughstown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stoughstown. 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 Stoughstown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stoughstown. See our Newspapers Page for Stoughstown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stoughstown ...Looking for more information about Stoughstown? 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 Stoughstown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stoughstown. Adding Stoughstown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Stoughstown 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 Stoughstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Stoughstown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Stoughstown. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stoughstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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