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Welcome to Fermoy ...

Fermoy is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fermoy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Fermoy is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fermoy: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Fermoy ...

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

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

Communities near Fermoy ...

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

  • Scranton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Carbondale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Archbald
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Blakely
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Dickson City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Olyphant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarks Summit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jessup
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <4>
  • Honesdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fermoy ...

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

Adding Fermoy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fermoy in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fermoy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fermoy post office opened in 1885. The Fermoy post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fermoy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fermoy - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Fermoy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Fermoy 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/