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Welcome to North Cornwall ...

North Cornwall is located in Lebanon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Cornwall, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for North Cornwall: N. Cornwall

North Cornwall is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for North Cornwall: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named North Cornwall ...

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

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

Communities near North Cornwall ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lebanon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ephrata
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabethtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Columbia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Columbia is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
  • Lititz
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
  • Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Mount Joy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Palmyra
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Manheim
    (8 miles [12.9 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 North Cornwall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Cornwall.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Cornwall ...

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

Adding North Cornwall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Cornwall 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 North Cornwall was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found North Cornwall on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

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

Footnotes ...

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