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Welcome to Peters Store ...

Peters Store is located in Lehigh County<1>.

Peters Store is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Peters Store: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities near Peters Store ...

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

  • Allentown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethlehem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmaus
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Northampton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Tamaqua
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Catasauqua
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hellertown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Nazareth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Palmerton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
  • Lehighton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peters Store ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lehigh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peters Store - 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 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Peters Store area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Peters Store 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.