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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>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foundryville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've 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.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Foundryville was located: 570 & 272<4>

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)
  • Hazleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Nanticoke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Berwick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • 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.<6> 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)
  • 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.<6> 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)
  • 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.<6> 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.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Foundryville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Foundryville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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