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Welcome to Reinholds ...

Reinholds is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Reinholds, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1923.

Reinholds is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Reinholds: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Reinholds ...

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

  • Reading
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lancaster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lebanon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ephrata
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyomissing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
    • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <4>
  • Lititz
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
  • New Holland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Shillington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Birdsboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Manheim
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Reinholds. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Reinholds.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reinholds ...

Looking for more information about Reinholds? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Reinholds, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Reinholds.

Adding Reinholds to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Reinholds 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 for Reinholds was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Reinholds post office opened in 1923.

We also found Reinholds in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Reinholds.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Reinholds - 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 Reinholds area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Reinholds 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/