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Welcome to Boeckel Landing ...

Boeckel Landing is located in York County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Boeckel Landing: Boeckel Lndg. (or less commonly used: Boeckel Lndng.)

Boeckel Landing is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Boeckel Landing: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Boeckel Landing ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Bel Air
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Bel Air is located in Harford County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Former names for Bel Air:
    • Belle Air
    • Belle Aire
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <4>
  • Millersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Red Lion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oxford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • New Freedom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallastown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Shrewsbury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Strasburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boeckel Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boeckel Landing - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Boeckel Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Boeckel Landing 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.