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Welcome to Pont ...

Pont is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Pont is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pont: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Pont ...

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

  • Meadville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Conneaut
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Conneaut is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conneaut
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,237 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conneaut <4>
  • Edinboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Girard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Girard is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
  • Lake City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lake City is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
  • North Kingsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cambridge Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Borough of Fairview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Waterford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Albion
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Pont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pont.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pont ...

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

Adding Pont to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pont post office opened in 1889. The Pont post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pont.

Footnotes ...

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