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Welcome to Dyerstown ...

Dyerstown is located in Bucks County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dyerstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Dyerstown is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Dyerstown ...

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

  • Norristown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lansdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Perkasie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Quakertown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hatboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Souderton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Ambler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Ambler is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,496 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ambler <3>
  • Telford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bridgeport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jenkintown
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Dyerstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dyerstown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dyerstown ...

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

Adding Dyerstown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dyerstown post office opened in 1883. The Dyerstown post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dyerstown.

Footnotes ...

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