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Welcome to Birchtown ...

Birchtown is located in Susquehanna County<1>.

Birchtown is 1,780 feet [543 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Birchtown: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Birchtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Birchtown - it's located in Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Birchtown ...

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

  • Scranton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Carbondale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Archbald
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Blakely
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Dickson City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Olyphant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Clarks Summit
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jessup
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <4>
  • Honesdale
    (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 Birchtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Birchtown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Birchtown ...

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

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 Birchtown - 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 Birchtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Birchtown 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.