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Welcome to Wertzville ...

Wertzville is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wertzville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Wertzville is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wertzville: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Wertzville ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Carlisle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Camp Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Cumberland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Steelton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hummelstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Lemoyne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Wormleysburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wertzville ...

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

Adding Wertzville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wertzville post office opened in 1890. The Wertzville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wertzville.

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 Wertzville - 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 Wertzville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Wertzville 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/