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Welcome to Outwood ...

Outwood is located in Schuylkill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Outwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Outwood is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Outwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Outwood - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near Outwood ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pottsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Palmyra
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Shamokin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamokin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamokin <3>
  • Mount Carmel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Schuylkill Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Cornwall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Minersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Myerstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Womelsdorf
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Outwood ...

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

Adding Outwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Outwood post office opened in 1906. The Outwood post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Outwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Schuylkill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Outwood - 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/