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Welcome to Sereno ...

Sereno is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sereno, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Sereno is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sereno: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Sereno ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Sereno - they are located in Arizona and Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sereno.

Communities near Sereno ...

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

  • Bloomsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Berwick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Milton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Milton is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
  • Danville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Muncy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Muncy is located in Lycoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncy <4>
  • Watsontown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Riverside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nescopeck
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Montgomery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Catawissa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sereno ...

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

Adding Sereno to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sereno post office opened in 1853. The Sereno post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sereno.

Footnotes ...

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