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Welcome to Starners ...

Starners is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Starners, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Starners is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Starners: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Starners ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Starners: This one is located in Cumberland County and the other is located in Adams County.

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

Communities near Starners ...

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

  • Carlisle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gettysburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Shippensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • McSherrystown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Dillsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Spring Grove is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
  • Mount Holly Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bonneauville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bonneauville is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneauville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,837 people
  • New Oxford
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Starners. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Starners.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Starners ...

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

Adding Starners to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Starners post office opened in 1905. The Starners post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Starners.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Starners - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Starners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Starners 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/