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Welcome to Uriah ...

Uriah is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Uriah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

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

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

Area Codes for Uriah: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Uriah ...

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

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

Communities near Uriah ...

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

  • Carlisle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Hanover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Camp Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gettysburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Shippensburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • McSherrystown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Dillsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Grove is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
  • Mount Holly Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Uriah ...

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

Adding Uriah to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Uriah post office opened in 1885. The Uriah post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Uriah.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Uriah - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Uriah area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Uriah 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/