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Welcome to Harveyville ...

Harveyville is located in Luzerne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harveyville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1829.

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

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

Area Codes for Harveyville: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Harveyville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Harveyville: This one is located in Luzerne County and the other is located in Chester County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 3 communities that are also named Harveyville - they are located in Kansas and Nevada.

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

Communities near Harveyville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harveyville ...

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

Adding Harveyville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Harveyville post office opened in 1829. The Harveyville post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harveyville.

Footnotes ...

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