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Welcome to Weigelstown ...

Weigelstown is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weigelstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

Weigelstown is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Weigelstown: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Weigelstown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weigelstown ...

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

Adding Weigelstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Weigelstown 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 for Weigelstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Weigelstown post office opened in 1878.

We also found Weigelstown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weigelstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Weigelstown - 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 Weigelstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Weigelstown 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/