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Welcome to Queen Junction ...

Queen Junction is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Queen Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

A typical abbreviation for Queen Junction: Queen Jct. (or less commonly used: Queen Jctn.)

Queen Junction is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Queen Junction ...

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

  • Butler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ellwood City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Zelienople
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Slippery Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Evans City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mars
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Mars is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mars <3>
  • Saxonburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Prospect
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellport is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
  • Chicora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Queen Junction ...

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

Adding Queen Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Queen Junction 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 Queen Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Queen Junction post office opened in 1908. The Queen Junction post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Queen Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Queen Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/