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Welcome to Kashner ...

Kashner is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kashner, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Kashner is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kashner: 724 & 878<3>

Communities near Kashner ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kashner ...

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

Adding Kashner to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kashner post office opened in 1890.

We also found Kashner in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kashner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kashner - 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 724 code has been Overlayed with the 878 area code. New phone numbers in the Kashner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 724 or 878. As a result, placing a call in the Kashner 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/