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Welcome to Greenwood ...

Greenwood is located in Columbia County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1822.

Greenwood is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Greenwood lies within the (570) area code.

Communities Also Named Greenwood ...

While we believe that this Greenwood is located in Columbia County, we know of another 5 Pennsylvania communities named Greenwood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Blair, Bradford, Fayette, Franklin and Lackawanna County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 120 communities that are also named Greenwood - they are located in Alabama (6), Arizona, Arkansas (3), British Columbia, California (5), Colorado (2), Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (5), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Kansas (4), Kentucky (6), Louisiana (5), Maine (2), Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York (2), North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (8), Texas (5), Utah, Virginia (5), Washington (5), West Virginia (5) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Greenwood ...

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

  • Bloomsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Berwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Danville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Muncy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
    • Muncy is located in Lycoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncy <3>
  • Riverside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Northumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,839 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <3>
  • Nescopeck
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nescopeck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nescopeck
    • Nescopeck is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,522 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nescopeck <3>
  • Catawissa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Muncy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muncy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
    • Muncy is located in Lycoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
  • Shickshinny
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Benton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenwood ...

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

Adding Greenwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Greenwood post office opened in 1822.

We also found Greenwood in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenwood.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiapa.org/county/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Greenwood - 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>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.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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