Welcome to Paradise Furnace ...

Paradise Furnace is located in Huntingdon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Paradise Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

Paradise Furnace is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Paradise Furnace: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Paradise Furnace ...

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

Huntingdon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon is located in Huntingdon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,879 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntingdon <4>
Hollidaysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollidaysburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollidaysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,632 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollidaysburg <4>
Roaring Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roaring Spring is located in Blair County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,399 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roaring Spring <4>
Mount Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Union is located in Huntingdon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,312 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Union <4>
Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Blair County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,858 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsburg <4>
Todd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
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Williamsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Blair County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
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Duncansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duncansville is located in Blair County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,148 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncansville <4>
Saxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saxton is located in Bedford County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
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Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Huntingdon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <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 Paradise Furnace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Paradise Furnace.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Paradise Furnace ...

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

Adding Paradise Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Paradise Furnace post office opened in 1844. The Paradise Furnace post office closed in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Paradise Furnace.

Footnotes ...

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