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Welcome to Drexel Hill ...

Drexel Hill is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drexel Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Drexel Hill is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Drexel Hill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delcochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Drexel Hill, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Drexel Hill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drexel Hill ...

Looking for more information about Drexel Hill? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Drexel Hill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Drexel Hill.

Adding Drexel Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Drexel Hill post office opened in 1912.

We also found Drexel Hill in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drexel Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drexel Hill - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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