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Welcome to Selinsgrove Junction ...

Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Selinsgrove Junction, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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

Selinsgrove Junction is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Selinsgrove Junction: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Selinsgrove Junction ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Selinsgrove Junction ...

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

Adding Selinsgrove Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Selinsgrove 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 for Selinsgrove Junction was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

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

Footnotes ...

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