RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Lancaster County >> McSparranIndex...

Welcome to McSparran ...

McSparran is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McSparran, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

McSparran is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McSparran: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near McSparran ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McSparran ...

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

Adding McSparran to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McSparran post office opened in 1887. The McSparran post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McSparran.

Footnotes ...

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