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Welcome to Swales ...

Swales is located in Juniata County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Swales, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Swales is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Swales: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Swales ...

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

  • Lewistown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Millersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Newport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
  • Beavertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Liverpool
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • McClure
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mifflintown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swales ...

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

Adding Swales to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Swales post office opened in 1889. The Swales post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swales.

Footnotes ...

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