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Welcome to Tarrtown ...

Tarrtown is located in Armstrong County<1>.

Tarrtown is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Tarrtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tarrtown - it's located in New Brunswick.

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

Communities near Tarrtown ...

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

  • Butler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Vandergrift
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ford City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Leechburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Freeport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Apollo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Apollo is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apollo <3>
  • Saxonburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • West Leechburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
  • North Apollo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Chicora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tarrtown ...

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

Adding Tarrtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tarrtown 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 Tarrtown was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tarrtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Armstrong, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tarrtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.