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Welcome to Wanamakers ...

Wanamakers is located in Lehigh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wanamakers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Wanamakers is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wanamakers: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities near Wanamakers ...

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

  • Pottsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Northampton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tamaqua
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Catasauqua
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Palmerton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
  • Lehighton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Schuylkill Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Kutztown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jim Thorpe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
    • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
    • East Mauch Chunk
    • Mauch Chunk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <4>
  • Hamburg
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Wanamakers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wanamakers.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wanamakers ...

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

Adding Wanamakers to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wanamakers post office opened in 1888. The Wanamakers post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wanamakers.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lehigh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wanamakers - 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 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Wanamakers area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Wanamakers 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/