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Welcome to Mount Allen ...

Mount Allen is located in Cumberland County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Allen: Mt. Allen

Mount Allen is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mount Allen: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Mount Allen ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • York
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Carlisle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Elizabethtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Middletown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Camp Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • New Cumberland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Steelton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hummelstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lemoyne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Allen ...

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

Footnotes ...

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