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Welcome to McGillstown ...

McGillstown is located in Lebanon County<1>.

McGillstown is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McGillstown: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near McGillstown ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabethtown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lititz
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
  • Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Joy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Palmyra
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Steelton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Manheim
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hummelstown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall
    (9 miles [14.5 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 McGillstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McGillstown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McGillstown ...

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

Footnotes ...

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