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Welcome to Riegelsville ...

Riegelsville is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riegelsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

Riegelsville is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Riegelsville: 908

Communities Also Named Riegelsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Riegelsville - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for Riegelsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.warrencountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Riegelsville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Riegelsville ...

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

  • Allentown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bethlehem
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Easton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
    • Easton is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <3>
  • Phillipsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Phillipsburg is located in Warren County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
  • Emmaus
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaus
    • Emmaus is located in Lehigh County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,493 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmaus <3>
  • Northampton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Perkasie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkasie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkasie
    • Perkasie is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,855 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perkasie <3>
  • Quakertown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Doylestown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Wilson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Wilson is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,784 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riegelsville ...

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

Adding Riegelsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riegelsville 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 Riegelsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Riegelsville post office opened in 1876.

We also found Riegelsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riegelsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riegelsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/