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Welcome to Gideon ...

Gideon is located in Somerset County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gideon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Gideon is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gideon: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Gideon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Gideon - they are located in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Gideon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gideon ...

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

Adding Gideon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gideon post office opened in 1891. The Gideon post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gideon.

Footnotes ...

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