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Welcome to Weidasville ...

Weidasville is located in Lehigh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weidasville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Weidasville is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Weidasville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weidasville ...

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

Adding Weidasville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Weidasville post office opened in 1862. The Weidasville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weidasville.

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 Weidasville - 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 Weidasville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Weidasville 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/