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Welcome to Shazen ...

Shazen is located in Cambria County<1>.

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

Shazen is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shazen: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Shazen ...

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

  • Northern Cambria
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
  • Ebensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Nanty Glo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Spangler
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Spangler is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
  • Patton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cresson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gallitzin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clymer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Loretto
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hastings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shazen ...

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

Adding Shazen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shazen post office opened in 1897. The Shazen post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shazen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Cambria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shazen - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Shazen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Shazen 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/