Welcome to Foundryville ...

So far, we found very little information about Foundryville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Foundryville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Foundryville, please Contact Us.

Foundryville would have been located within present day Luzerne County<2>.

The location of Foundryville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foundryville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Foundryville is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Foundryville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Foundryville still existed, it would have been in the (570) area code.

Communities Also Named Foundryville ...

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

• Wilkes-Barre
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes-Barre
  • Wilkes-Barre is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilkes-Barre <5>
• Hazleton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazleton
  • Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,809 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazleton <5>
• Kingston
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <5>
• Nanticoke
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
  • Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,278 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nanticoke <5>
• Berwick
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
  • Berwick is located in Columbia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,855 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwick <5>
• Tamaqua
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tamaqua have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaqua
  • Tamaqua is located in Schuylkill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,633 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamaqua <5>
• Plymouth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
• Palmerton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
  • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
• Lehighton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehighton
  • Lehighton is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,296 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehighton <5>
• Edwardsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,738 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <5>

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.

Adding Foundryville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Foundryville 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 for Foundryville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Foundryville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foundryville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/