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Welcome to Hazleton Station ...

Hazleton Station is located in Luzerne County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hazleton Station: Hazleton Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Hazleton Station is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hazleton Station: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Hazleton Station ...

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

  • Nanticoke
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Berwick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Tamaqua
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Plymouth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lehighton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jim Thorpe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
    • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
    • East Mauch Chunk
    • Mauch Chunk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <4>
  • Mahanoy City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lansford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Frackville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hazleton Station ...

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

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 Hazleton Station - 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 Hazleton Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Hazleton Station 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.