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Welcome to Devonshire Heights ...

Devonshire Heights is located in Dauphin County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Devonshire Heights: Devonshire Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Devonshire Heights is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Devonshire Heights: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Devonshire Heights ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Elizabethtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Middletown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Camp Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmyra
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • New Cumberland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Steelton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hummelstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Devonshire Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Devonshire Heights - 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 Devonshire Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Devonshire Heights 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.