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Welcome to Meiserville ...

Meiserville is located in Snyder County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meiserville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

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

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

Communities near Meiserville ...

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

  • Sunbury
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <3>
  • Selinsgrove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Northumberland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mifflinburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Millersburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lykens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shamokin Dam
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Newport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Elizabethville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Duncannon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meiserville ...

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

Adding Meiserville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meiserville 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 Meiserville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Meiserville post office opened in 1883. The Meiserville post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meiserville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Snyder, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meiserville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/