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Welcome to Foundryville ...

Foundryville is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foundryville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

Foundryville is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Foundryville: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Foundryville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Foundryville: This one is located in Columbia County and the other is located in Luzerne County.

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

Communities near Foundryville ...

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

  • Hazleton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloomsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Nanticoke
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Plymouth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • West Hazleton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
  • Mahanoy City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Freeland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ashley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • McAdoo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • McAdoo is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdoo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,147 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McAdoo <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Foundryville ...

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

Adding Foundryville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Foundryville post office opened in 1833. The Foundryville post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foundryville.

Footnotes ...

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