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Welcome to Hockersville ...

Hockersville is located in Dauphin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hockersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Hockersville is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hockersville: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Hockersville ...

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

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

Communities near Hockersville ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabethtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Columbia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lititz
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
  • Middletown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mount Joy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Camp Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Palmyra
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hockersville ...

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

Adding Hockersville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hockersville post office opened in 1852. The Hockersville post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hockersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hockersville - 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 Hockersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Hockersville 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/