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Welcome to East Fayetteville ...

East Fayetteville is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Fayetteville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for East Fayetteville: E. Fayetteville

East Fayetteville is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Fayetteville: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named East Fayetteville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Fayetteville - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near East Fayetteville ...

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

  • Hagerstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hagerstown is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,918 people
    • Former name for Hagerstown:
    • Hager's Town
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerstown <4>
  • Chambersburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waynesboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Gettysburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Shippensburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Greencastle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carroll Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmitsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Smithsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mont Alto
    (3 miles [4.8 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 East Fayetteville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Fayetteville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Fayetteville ...

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

Adding East Fayetteville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Fayetteville 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 East Fayetteville was on a map titled Map of Pennsylvania (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Fayetteville.

Footnotes ...

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