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Welcome to Lower Allen ...

Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County<1>.

Lower Allen is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lower Allen: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Lower Allen ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Carlisle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Elizabethtown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Middletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Palmyra
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Steelton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hummelstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Penbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
  • Manchester
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Lower Allen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lower Allen.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lower Allen ...

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

Footnotes ...

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