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Welcome to Hummelstown ...

Hummelstown is located in Dauphin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hummelstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1806.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Hummelstown has a population of 4,814 people<2> (see below for details).

Hummelstown is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Hummelstown: 717 & 223<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hummelstown had an population of 4,814 people. This is an increase of 6.08% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 10.41% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Hummelstown had a population of 4,538 people. This makes Hummelstown the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Hummelstown represents 0.04% of the population of Pennsylvania (which has 12,702,379 people), making it the state's 215th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 4,538 people, the population of Hummelstown increased 4.08% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,360 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Hummelstown.

Communities near Hummelstown ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Elizabethtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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 <5>
  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Columbia is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <5>
  • Middletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Mount Joy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Camp Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Palmyra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmyra have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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 <5>
  • New Cumberland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
    • New Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cumberland <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hummelstown ...

Looking for more information about Hummelstown? 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 Hummelstown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hummelstown.

Adding Hummelstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hummelstown 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 Hummelstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Hummelstown post office opened in 1806.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hummelstown.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hummelstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Hummelstown.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hummelstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Hummelstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Hummelstown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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