Welcome to Castle Fin ...

Castle Fin is located in York County<1>.

We aren't confident of the location of Castle Fin, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Castle Fin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1833.

Castle Fin is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Castle Fin is located in the (717) area code.

Communities Also Named Castle Fin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Castle Fin - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Castle Fin ...

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

• Lancaster
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,990 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• Aberdeen
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aberdeen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen is located in Harford County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,964 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <4>
• Havre de Grace
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havre de Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre de Grace
  • Havre de Grace is located in Harford County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havre de Grace <4>
• Bel Air
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
  • Bel Air is located in Harford County (MD)
  • 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
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
  • Millersville is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,289 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millersville <4>
• Red Lion
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Red Lion is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,309 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lion <4>
• Oxford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
• New Freedom
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freedom
  • New Freedom is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Freedom <4>
• Perryville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
  • Perryville is located in Cecil County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perryville <4>
• Dallastown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallastown
  • Dallastown is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,869 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallastown <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 Castle Fin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Castle Fin.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Castle Fin ...

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

Adding Castle Fin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Castle Fin post office opened in 1833.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Castle Fin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Castle Fin. 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 State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/