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Welcome to Gillespie ...

Gillespie is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gillespie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Gillespie is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Gillespie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Gillespie - they are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia (2), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Gillespie ...

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

  • Bethel Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • West Mifflin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • McKeesport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson Hills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
    • Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
    • Jefferson
  • Uniontown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • White Oak
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Connellsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Monessen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Clairton
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Gillespie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gillespie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gillespie ...

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

Adding Gillespie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gillespie 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 Gillespie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gillespie post office opened in 1892. The Gillespie post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gillespie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gillespie - 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>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/