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Welcome to Water Street ...

Water Street is located in Huntingdon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Water Street, you might consider that their post office opened in 1825.

Water Street is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Water Street: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Water Street ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Water Street ...

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

Adding Water Street to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Water Street post office opened in 1825. The Water Street post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Water Street.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Huntingdon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Water Street - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Water Street area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Water Street 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/