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Welcome to Pecks Pond ...

Pecks Pond is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pecks Pond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1939.

Pecks Pond is 1,370 feet [418 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pecks Pond: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Pecks Pond ...

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

  • East Stroudsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pocono
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hawley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Milford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Blooming Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blooming Grove is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
  • Lords Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Paupack
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Tafton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Panther
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Panther is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
  • Mountainhome
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pecks Pond ...

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

Adding Pecks Pond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pecks Pond post office opened in 1939. The Pecks Pond post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pecks Pond.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pecks Pond - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Pecks Pond area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Pecks Pond 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/