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Welcome to Curfew ...

Curfew is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Curfew, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Curfew is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Curfew ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Curfew - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Curfew ...

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

  • Jefferson Hills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
    • Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
    • Jefferson
  • Uniontown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Connellsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Monessen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Clairton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • California
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Donora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Donora is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,546 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donora <3>
  • Mount Pleasant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Monongahela
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Scottdale
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Curfew. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Curfew.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Curfew ...

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

Adding Curfew to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Curfew 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 (so far) for Curfew was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Curfew post office opened in 1887. The Curfew post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Curfew.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Curfew - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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