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Welcome to Sybertsville ...

Sybertsville is located in Luzerne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sybertsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

Sybertsville is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sybertsville: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Sybertsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sybertsville ...

Looking for more information about Sybertsville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sybertsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sybertsville.

Adding Sybertsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sybertsville 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 Sybertsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sybertsville post office opened in 1848.

We also found Sybertsville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sybertsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sybertsville - 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 Sybertsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Sybertsville 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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/