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Welcome to Asbury ...

Asbury is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Asbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Asbury is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Asbury: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Asbury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Asbury: This one is located in Columbia County and the other is located in Erie County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 33 communities that are also named Asbury - they are located in Alabama (4), Georgia (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland (2), Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina (4), Ohio (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (7) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Asbury ...

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

  • Bloomsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nanticoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Berwick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Danville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Conyngham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Nescopeck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Catawissa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Millville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Shickshinny
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Asbury. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Asbury.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Asbury ...

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

Adding Asbury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Asbury post office opened in 1889. The Asbury post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Asbury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Asbury - 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 Asbury area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Asbury 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/