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Welcome to West Manheim ...

West Manheim is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Manheim, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

A typical abbreviation for West Manheim: W. Manheim

West Manheim is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near West Manheim ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Manheim ...

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

Adding West Manheim to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Manheim in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for West Manheim was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Manheim post office opened in 1860. The West Manheim post office closed in 1862.

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

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