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Welcome to Taintor ...

Taintor is located in McKean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Taintor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Taintor is 1,960 feet [597 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Taintor: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Taintor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Taintor - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Taintor ...

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

  • Bradford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Kane
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kane is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,421 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kane <4>
  • Port Allegany
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Smethport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mount Jewett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Eldred
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Limestone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Limestone is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 389 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <4>
  • Simpson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Simpson is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
  • Westline
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Taintor ...

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

Adding Taintor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Taintor post office opened in 1895. The Taintor post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Taintor.

Footnotes ...

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