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Welcome to Durell ...

Durell is located in Bradford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Durell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1843.

Durell is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Durell: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Durell ...

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

  • Sayre
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sayre is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <4>
  • Athens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Towanda
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wyalusing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dushore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Meshoppen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Monroe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Monroe is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
  • Rome
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rome is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <4>
  • Laceyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Albany
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Durell ...

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

Adding Durell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Durell post office opened in 1843. The Durell post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Durell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bradford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Durell - 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 Durell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Durell 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/