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Welcome to Rittersville ...

Rittersville is located in Lehigh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rittersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Rittersville is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Rittersville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rittersville ...

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

Adding Rittersville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rittersville post office opened in 1828. The Rittersville post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rittersville.

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 Rittersville - 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 Rittersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Rittersville 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/