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Welcome to Hewitt ...

Hewitt is located in Bedford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hewitt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Hewitt is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hewitt: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Hewitt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Hewitt - they are located in California, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Hewitt ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bedfordcountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hewitt, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Hewitt ...

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

  • Cumberland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bedford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Everett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hancock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hancock is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,522 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <4>
  • Carpendale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
  • Hyndman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgeley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bath
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
  • Paw Paw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Manns Choice
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hewitt ...

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

Adding Hewitt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hewitt post office opened in 1897. The Hewitt post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hewitt.

Footnotes ...

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