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Welcome to Savon Height ...

Savon Height is located in Wake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Savon Height: Savon Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Savon Height is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Savon Height: 919 & 984<3>

Communities near Savon Height ...

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

  • Raleigh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Durham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Apex
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Apex is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <4>
  • Chapel Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Holly Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Garner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Fuquay - Varina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Morrisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Carrboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Knightdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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 Savon Height. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Savon Height.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Savon Height. 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 Savon Height.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Savon Height ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Savon Height - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Savon Height area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Savon Height area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.