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Welcome to Tunnelville ...

So far, we found very little information about Tunnelville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Tunnelville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tunnelville, please Contact Us.

Tunnelville would have been located within present day Armstrong County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tunnelville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Tunnelville is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Tunnelville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Tunnelville ...

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

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

Communities near Tunnelville ...

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

  • Plum
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Plum is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <4>
  • Indiana
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • New Kensington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lower Burrell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vandergrift
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Arnold
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arnold is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <4>
  • Tarentum
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kittanning
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Springdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Brackenridge
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Tunnelville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tunnelville.

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

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

Adding Tunnelville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tunnelville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Tunnelville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Tunnelville post office opened in 1890. The Tunnelville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tunnelville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tunnelville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tunnelville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/