Welcome to New Market ...
New Market is located in York County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of New Market, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823.
New Market is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: New Market lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for New Market: 717 & 223<3>
Communities Also Named New Market ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named New Market - they are located in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri (2), New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (3), South Carolina (4), Tennessee and Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Market.
Communities near New Market ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Market.
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carlisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elizabethtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,494 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <4>
- Middletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Camp Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmyra have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Palmyra is located in Lebanon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmyra <4>
- Hummelstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hummelstown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hummelstown
- Hummelstown is located in Dauphin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hummelstown <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 New Market. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Market.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Market. 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 New Market.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Market. See our Newspapers Page for New Market.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Market ...
Looking for more information about New Market? 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 New Market, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Market.
Adding New Market to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of New Market 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 for New Market was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the New Market post office opened in 1823.
We also found New Market in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.
For more details, see References and Mentions for New Market.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Market - 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 New Market area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the New Market 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |