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Welcome to Asherton ...

Asherton is located in Northumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Asherton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Asherton is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Asherton: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Asherton ...

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

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

Communities near Asherton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Asherton ...

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

Adding Asherton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Asherton post office opened in 1886. The Asherton post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Asherton.

Footnotes ...

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