Welcome to Lobachsville ...

Lobachsville is located in Berks County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lobachsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1835.

Lobachsville is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Lobachsville ...

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

• Allentown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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  • Allentown is located in Lehigh County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 121,470 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Allentown
  • From Lobachsville to Allentown
• Reading
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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  • Reading is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,217 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Reading
  • From Lobachsville to Reading
• Pottstown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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  • Pottstown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,580 people
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  • From your current location to Pottstown
  • From Lobachsville to Pottstown
• Emmaus
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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  • Emmaus is located in Lehigh County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,493 people
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  • From your current location to Emmaus
  • From Lobachsville to Emmaus
• Wyomissing
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
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• Shillington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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  • Shillington is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,300 people
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  • From Lobachsville to Shillington
• Birdsboro
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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  • Birdsboro is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,128 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Birdsboro
  • From Lobachsville to Birdsboro
• Kutztown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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  • Kutztown is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kutztown
  • From Lobachsville to Kutztown
• Royersford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
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  • Royersford is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,746 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Royersford
  • From Lobachsville to Royersford
• Hamburg
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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  • Hamburg is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,445 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamburg <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hamburg
  • From Lobachsville to Hamburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lobachsville ...

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

Adding Lobachsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lobachsville post office opened in 1835.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lobachsville.