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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>

From that list, the Dorrance post office opened in 1853.

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 ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dorrance - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Dorrance area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Dorrance 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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