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Welcome to Drummond ...

Drummond is located in Elk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drummond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Drummond is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Drummond: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Drummond ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Drummond - they are located in Alabama, California, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Brunswick, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Drummond.

Communities near Drummond ...

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

  • Saint Marys
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • DuBois
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • DuBois is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DuBois
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DuBois <4>
  • Ridgway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Reynoldsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnsonburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
  • Brockway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sykesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Falls Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Troutville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Troutville is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
  • Crenshaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drummond ...

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

Adding Drummond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Drummond post office opened in 1904. The Drummond post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drummond.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Elk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drummond - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Drummond area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Drummond 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>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/