Welcome to Dorrance ...Dorrance is located in Luzerne County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dorrance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853. Dorrance is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Dorrance lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Dorrance: 570 & 272<3> Communities Also Named Dorrance ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Dorrance - they are located in Kansas and Michigan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dorrance. Communities near Dorrance ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dorrance.
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 Dorrance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dorrance. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dorrance. 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 Dorrance. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dorrance. See our Newspapers Page for Dorrance. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dorrance ...Looking for more information about Dorrance? 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 Dorrance, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dorrance. Adding Dorrance to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dorrance 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 Dorrance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Dorrance in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Dorrance. Footnotes ...
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