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Welcome to Heathville ...

Heathville is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heathville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841.

Heathville is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Heathville: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Heathville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Heathville - it's located in Mississippi.

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

Communities near Heathville ...

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

  • Clarion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Punxsutawney
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Reynoldsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Sykesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Falls Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • New Bethlehem
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rimersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Sligo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Big Run
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Run is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heathville ...

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

Adding Heathville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Heathville post office opened in 1841. The Heathville post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heathville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heathville - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Heathville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Heathville 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/