Welcome to Heilmandale ...
Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Heilmandale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.
Heilmandale is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Heilmandale lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Heilmandale: 717 & 223<3>
Communities near Heilmandale ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Heilmandale.
- Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,494 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <4>
- Lititz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Joy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmyra have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Palmyra is located in Lebanon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmyra <4>
- Manheim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hummelstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hummelstown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hummelstown
- Hummelstown is located in Dauphin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hummelstown <4>
- East Petersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Heilmandale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heilmandale.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Heilmandale. 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 Heilmandale.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Heilmandale. See our Newspapers Page for Heilmandale.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heilmandale ...
Looking for more information about Heilmandale? 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 Heilmandale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Heilmandale.
Adding Heilmandale to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Heilmandale 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 Heilmandale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Heilmandale post office opened in 1858.
We also found Heilmandale in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Heilmandale.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lebanon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heilmandale - 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 Heilmandale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Heilmandale 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/ |