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Welcome to Abrahamsville ...

Abrahamsville is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abrahamsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Abrahamsville is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Abrahamsville: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Abrahamsville ...

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

  • Liberty
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Liberty is located in Sullivan County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
  • Honesdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Waymart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hancock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hancock is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <4>
  • Jeffersonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Union Dale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Prompton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Prompton is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
  • Bethany
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hortonville
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Abrahamsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Abrahamsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abrahamsville ...

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

Adding Abrahamsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Abrahamsville 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 (so far) for Abrahamsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Abrahamsville post office opened in 1897. The Abrahamsville post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abrahamsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abrahamsville - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Abrahamsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Abrahamsville 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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