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Welcome to Drexel Hills ...

Drexel Hills is located in Cumberland County<1>.

Drexel Hills is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Drexel Hills: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Drexel Hills ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • York
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Carlisle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Elizabethtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Middletown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Palmyra
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hummelstown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • West York
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Penbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drexel Hills ...

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

Footnotes ...

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