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Welcome to West Fairview ...

West Fairview is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Fairview, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for West Fairview: W. Fairview

West Fairview is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Fairview: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named West Fairview ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Fairview - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Fairview.

Communities near West Fairview ...

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

  • Carlisle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Elizabethtown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,494 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <4>
  • Middletown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmyra
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmyra have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
    • Palmyra is located in Lebanon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,528 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmyra <4>
  • New Cumberland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
    • New Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cumberland <4>
  • Steelton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hummelstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hummelstown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hummelstown
    • Hummelstown is located in Dauphin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hummelstown <4>
  • Penbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
    • Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
  • Manchester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Fairview ...

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

Adding West Fairview to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the West Fairview post office opened in 1852.

We also found West Fairview in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Fairview.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Fairview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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




 

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