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Welcome to Billmeyer ...

So far, we found very little information about Billmeyer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Billmeyer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Billmeyer, please Contact Us.

Billmeyer would have been located within present day Lancaster County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Billmeyer, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Billmeyer is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Billmeyer was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Billmeyer was located: 717 & 223<4>

Communities near Billmeyer ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Billmeyer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Billmeyer 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 Billmeyer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Billmeyer post office opened in 1902.

We also found Billmeyer on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Billmeyer.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Billmeyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Billmeyer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Billmeyer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Billmeyer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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