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Welcome to Greece City ...

Greece City is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greece City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Greece City is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Greece City ...

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

  • Butler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kittanning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Zelienople
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Slippery Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Evans City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saxonburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Prospect
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • West Kittanning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • West Kittanning is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kittanning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Chicora
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • East Brady
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greece City ...

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

Adding Greece City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Greece City post office opened in 1872. The Greece City post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greece City.

Footnotes ...

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