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Welcome to Beltzville ...

Beltzville is located in Carbon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beltzville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Beltzville is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Beltzville ...

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

  • Allentown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazleton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Northampton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tamaqua
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Catasauqua
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nazareth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lehighton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jim Thorpe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
    • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
    • East Mauch Chunk
    • Mauch Chunk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <3>
  • Slatington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lansford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beltzville ...

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

Adding Beltzville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beltzville 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 Beltzville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Beltzville post office opened in 1887. The Beltzville post office closed in 1897.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beltzville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beltzville - 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>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/