RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Washington County >> Scenery HillIndex...

Welcome to Scenery Hill ...

Scenery Hill is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Scenery Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1867.

Scenery Hill is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Scenery Hill: 724 & 878<3>

The ZIP code for Scenery Hill: 15360<4>

Websites for Scenery Hill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.washcochamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Scenery Hill, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Scenery Hill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Scenery Hill ...

Looking for more information about Scenery Hill? 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 Scenery Hill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Scenery Hill.

Adding Scenery Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Scenery Hill 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 Scenery Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Scenery Hill post office opened in 1867.

We also found Scenery Hill in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Scenery Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Scenery Hill - 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 724 code has been Overlayed with the 878 area code. New phone numbers in the Scenery Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 724 or 878. As a result, placing a call in the Scenery Hill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Scenery Hill). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Scenery Hill or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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