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Welcome to Willow Street ...

Willow Street is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Street, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

Willow Street is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Willow Street: 717 & 223<3>

The ZIP code for Willow Street: 17584<4>

Communities near Willow Street ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Street ...

Looking for more information about Willow Street? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Willow Street, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Willow Street.

Adding Willow Street to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willow Street post office opened in 1840.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willow Street.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow Street - 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 Willow Street area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Willow Street area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Willow Street). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Willow Street or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/