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Welcome to East York ...

East York is located in York County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for East York: E. York

East York is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named East York ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East York - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near East York ...

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

  • Hanover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Elizabethtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Millersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Mount Joy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Lion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Steelton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • West York
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • East Petersburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East York ...

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

Adding East York to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East York post office opened in 1883. The East York post office closed in 1884.

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

Footnotes ...

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