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Welcome to Poplar Gardens ...

Poplar Gardens is located in Dauphin County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Poplar Gardens: Poplar Gdns. (or less commonly used: Poplar Gardns., Poplar Grdens. or Poplar Grdns.)

Poplar Gardens is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Poplar Gardens: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Poplar Gardens ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Elizabethtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Middletown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Camp Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmyra
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • New Cumberland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Steelton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hummelstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lemoyne
    (5 miles [8 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 Poplar Gardens. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Poplar Gardens.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poplar Gardens ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poplar Gardens - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Poplar Gardens area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Poplar Gardens 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.