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Welcome to Brillhart ...

Brillhart is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brillhart, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

Brillhart is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brillhart: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Brillhart ...

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

  • York
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • York is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Hanover
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elizabethtown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,494 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <4>
  • Columbia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Columbia is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
  • Mount Joy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Lion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Manchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • West York
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West York. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West York
    • West York is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,602 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West York <4>
  • Dallastown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Shrewsbury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
    • Shrewsbury is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,847 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shrewsbury <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 Brillhart. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brillhart.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brillhart ...

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

Adding Brillhart to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Brillhart post office opened in 1876.

We also found Brillhart in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brillhart.

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

The official website for York County: www.york-county.org/

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

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 Brillhart - 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 Brillhart area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Brillhart 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.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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