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Welcome to Upper Middletown ...

Upper Middletown is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Upper Middletown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Upper Middletown is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Upper Middletown ...

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

  • Uniontown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Connellsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Monessen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • California
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Donora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Donora is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,546 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donora <3>
  • Mount Pleasant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Monongahela
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Scottdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Charleroi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Masontown
    (11 miles [17.7 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 Upper Middletown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Upper Middletown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Upper Middletown ...

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

Adding Upper Middletown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Upper Middletown 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 Upper Middletown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Upper Middletown post office opened in 1828. The Upper Middletown post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Upper Middletown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Upper Middletown - 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.
<4>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/