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Welcome to Mausdale ...

Mausdale is located in Montour County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mausdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Mausdale is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mausdale: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Mausdale ...

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

  • Bloomsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sunbury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunbury is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,322 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunbury <4>
  • Shamokin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamokin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamokin <4>
  • Milton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Milton is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
  • Selinsgrove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewisburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Northumberland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kulpmont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Kulpmont is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulpmont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,735 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulpmont <4>
  • Muncy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Muncy is located in Lycoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncy <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mausdale ...

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

Adding Mausdale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mausdale post office opened in 1889. The Mausdale post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mausdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Montour, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mausdale - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Mausdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Mausdale 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/