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Welcome to Deer Lick ...

Deer Lick is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Deer Lick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Deer Lick is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Deer Lick: 412, 724 & 878<3>

Communities Also Named Deer Lick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Deer Lick - they are located in Kentucky (2), New York, Ohio and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Deer Lick ...

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

  • Washington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Canonsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Waynesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Centerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Centerville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
  • Bentleyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fairchance
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • East Washington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • East Washington is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Washington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
  • Houston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Cameron
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Cameron is located in Marshall County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <4>
  • Claysville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Deer Lick ...

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

Adding Deer Lick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Deer Lick 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 Deer Lick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Deer Lick post office opened in 1886. The Deer Lick post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Deer Lick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Deer Lick - 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 412 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 724 or 878. New phone numbers in the Deer Lick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 412, 724 or 878. As a result, placing a call in the Deer Lick 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>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/