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Welcome to Greenland ...

Greenland is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1838.

Greenland is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Greenland: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Greenland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Greenland - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Greenland ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Ephrata
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Columbia is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
  • Lititz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <4>
  • Millersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mount Joy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • New Holland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Manheim
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • East Petersburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cornwall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwall have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
    • Cornwall is located in Lebanon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornwall <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenland ...

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

Adding Greenland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greenland 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 Greenland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Greenland post office opened in 1838.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Greenland - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Greenland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Greenland 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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