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Welcome to Rutledgedale ...

Rutledgedale is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rutledgedale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Rutledgedale is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rutledgedale: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Rutledgedale ...

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

  • Carbondale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Honesdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Waymart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hancock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hancock is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <4>
  • Vandling
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
  • Jeffersonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Union Dale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Prompton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Prompton is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prompton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rutledgedale ...

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

Adding Rutledgedale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rutledgedale post office opened in 1897. The Rutledgedale post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rutledgedale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rutledgedale - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Rutledgedale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Rutledgedale 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/