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Welcome to Longview Heights ...

Longview Heights is located in York County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Longview Heights: Longview Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Longview Heights is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Longview Heights: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Longview Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Longview Heights - they are located in Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Longview Heights ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • York
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Elizabethtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Millersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Mount Joy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Lion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Manheim
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • New Freedom
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Longview Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

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