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Welcome to Foxton ...

Foxton is located in Huntingdon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foxton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Foxton is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Foxton: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Foxton ...

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

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

Communities near Foxton ...

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

  • Altoona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Huntingdon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hollidaysburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Roaring Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Martinsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Todd
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Todd is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
  • Williamsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Duncansville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saxton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Broad Top City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 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 Foxton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Foxton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Foxton ...

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

Adding Foxton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Foxton post office opened in 1895. The Foxton post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foxton.

Footnotes ...

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