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Welcome to Girdland ...

Girdland is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Girdland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Girdland is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Girdland: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Girdland ...

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

  • Carbondale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Honesdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Forest City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mayfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Waymart
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hancock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Hancock is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <4>
  • Vandling
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
  • Jeffersonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Dale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Girdland ...

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

Adding Girdland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Girdland post office opened in 1876. The Girdland post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Girdland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Girdland - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Girdland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Girdland 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/