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Welcome to Fritztown ...

Fritztown is located in Berks County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fritztown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

Fritztown is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Fritztown ...

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

  • Reading
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lebanon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ephrata
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyomissing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
    • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <3>
  • Lititz
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <3>
  • New Holland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Shillington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Birdsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Manheim
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fritztown ...

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

Adding Fritztown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fritztown post office opened in 1862.

We also found Fritztown in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fritztown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Berks, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fritztown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/