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Welcome to Drehersville ...

Drehersville is located in Schuylkill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drehersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Drehersville is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Drehersville ...

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

  • Pottsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Tamaqua
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Schuylkill Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kutztown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Minersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Fleetwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mahanoy City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Laureldale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drehersville ...

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

Adding Drehersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Drehersville 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 Drehersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Drehersville post office opened in 1851. The Drehersville post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drehersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Schuylkill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drehersville - 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/