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Welcome to Elwyn Terrace ...

Elwyn Terrace is located in Lancaster County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Elwyn Terrace: Elwyn Ter. (or less commonly used: Elwyn Terr.)

Elwyn Terrace is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Elwyn Terrace: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Elwyn Terrace ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lebanon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ephrata
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Elizabethtown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lititz
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
  • Middletown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Millersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mount Joy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmyra
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elwyn Terrace ...

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

Footnotes ...

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