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Welcome to Landis Valley ...

Landis Valley is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Landis Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Landis Valley: Landis Vly. (or less commonly used: Landis Vally. or Landis Vlly.)

Landis Valley is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Landis Valley: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Landis Valley ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lebanon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Ephrata
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabethtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lititz
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Millersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Joy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • New Holland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Manheim
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Landis Valley ...

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

Adding Landis Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Landis Valley post office opened in 1857. The Landis Valley post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Landis Valley.

Footnotes ...

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