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Welcome to North Bingham ...

North Bingham is located in Potter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Bingham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for North Bingham: N. Bingham

North Bingham is 2,120 feet [646 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of North Bingham is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for North Bingham: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named North Bingham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Bingham - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Bingham.

Communities near North Bingham ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Bingham ...

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

Adding North Bingham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Bingham post office opened in 1878. The North Bingham post office closed in 1981.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Bingham.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Potter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Bingham - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the North Bingham area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the North Bingham 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/