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Welcome to Emerickville ...

Emerickville is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Emerickville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Emerickville is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Emerickville: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Emerickville ...

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

  • DuBois
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • DuBois is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DuBois
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DuBois <4>
  • Punxsutawney
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Brookville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Reynoldsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brockway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sykesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Falls Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • New Bethlehem
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Run
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Run is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
  • Summerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Summerville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Emerickville ...

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

Adding Emerickville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Emerickville post office opened in 1872. The Emerickville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Emerickville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Emerickville - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Emerickville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Emerickville 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/