Welcome to Horsham ...

Horsham is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Horsham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

Horsham is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The ZIP code for Horsham: 19044<3>

Websites for Horsham ...

Official Website: www.horsham.org/

Communities Also Named Horsham ...

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

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

Communities near Horsham ...

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

• Philadelphia
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
• Trenton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
• Camden
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
• Norristown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <4>
• Lansdale
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdale
  • Lansdale is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,335 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdale <4>
• Yeadon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
• Gloucester City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
• Darby
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • Darby is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>
• Lansdowne
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
  • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <4>
• Burlington
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 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 Horsham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Horsham.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Horsham ...

Looking for more information about Horsham? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Horsham, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Horsham.

Adding Horsham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Horsham 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 Horsham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Horsham post office opened in 1826.

We also found Horsham in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Horsham.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Horsham: www.horsham.org/

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/