Welcome to Georgetown ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Georgetown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Georgetown is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Georgetown lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Georgetown: 907

Communities Also Named Georgetown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 109 communities that are also named Georgetown - they are located in Alabama (5), Alberta, Arkansas (3), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (7), Idaho, Illinois (3), Indiana (6), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador (3), North Carolina (6), Ohio (9), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (8), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (7), Texas (2), Utah (2), Virginia (4), Washington, West Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Georgetown ...

We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Georgetown.

• Crooked Creek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crooked Creek <2>
• Red Devil
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Devil
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Devil <2>
• Sleetmute
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleetmute
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sleetmute <2>

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Georgetown ...

Looking for more information about Georgetown? 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 Georgetown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Georgetown.

Adding Georgetown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Georgetown 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 Georgetown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Georgetown post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Georgetown.