Welcome to Brickerville ...

Brickerville is located in Lancaster County<1>.

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While we don't have a date for the founding of Brickerville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1830.

Brickerville is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brickerville: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Brickerville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Brickerville - they are located in Michigan and Oregon.

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

Communities near Brickerville ...

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

• Lancaster
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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  • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,990 people
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• Lebanon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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  • Lebanon is located in Lebanon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,725 people
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• Ephrata
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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  • Ephrata is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,801 people
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• Elizabethtown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,494 people
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• Wyomissing
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
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• Columbia
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Columbia is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
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• Lititz
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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  • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
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• Millersville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
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  • Millersville is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,289 people
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• Mount Joy
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
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  • Mount Joy is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,264 people
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• Palmyra
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmyra have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Palmyra is located in Lebanon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmyra <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brickerville ...

Looking for more information about Brickerville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Brickerville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Brickerville.

Adding Brickerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brickerville 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 Brickerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Brickerville post office opened in 1830.

We also found Brickerville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brickerville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brickerville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/