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Welcome to Lucy Furnace ...

Lucy Furnace is located in Mifflin County<1>.

Lucy Furnace is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lucy Furnace: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Lucy Furnace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Lucy Furnace: This one is located in Mifflin County and the other is located in Northampton County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lucy Furnace.

Communities near Lucy Furnace ...

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

  • Huntingdon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Todd
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Todd is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
  • Williamsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Petersburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Broad Top City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
  • Three Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Orbisonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rockhill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Rockhill has also been known as:
    • Rockhill Furnace
  • McVeytown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saltillo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lucy Furnace ...

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

Footnotes ...

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