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Welcome to Auburn Center ...

Auburn Center is located in Susquehanna County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Auburn Center, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for Auburn Center: Auburn Ctr. (or less commonly used: Auburn Cen., Auburn Cent. or Auburn Cntr.)

Auburn Center is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Auburn Center: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Auburn Center ...

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

Communities near Auburn Center ...

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

  • Tunkhannock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunkhannock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunkhannock
    • Tunkhannock is located in Wyoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,674 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunkhannock <5>
  • Montrose
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montrose have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Montrose is located in Susquehanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,464 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montrose <5>
  • Dalton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Dalton is located in Lackawanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <5>
  • Factoryville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nicholson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Wyalusing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Meshoppen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rome
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Rome is located in Bradford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <5>
  • Laceyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hop Bottom
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Auburn Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Auburn Center.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Auburn Center ...

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

Adding Auburn Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Auburn Center 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 Auburn Center was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Auburn Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Susquehanna, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Auburn Center - 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 Auburn Center area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Auburn Center area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.