Welcome to Yocumtown ...
Yocumtown is located in York County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Yocumtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831.
Yocumtown is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Yocumtown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Yocumtown: 717 & 223<3>
Communities near Yocumtown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yocumtown.
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Columbia is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,295 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
- Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Camp Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Yocumtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yocumtown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yocumtown. 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 Yocumtown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Yocumtown. See our Newspapers Page for Yocumtown.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yocumtown ...
Looking for more information about Yocumtown? 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 Yocumtown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Yocumtown.
Adding Yocumtown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Yocumtown 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 Yocumtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Yocumtown post office opened in 1831.
We also found Yocumtown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Yocumtown.
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 Yocumtown - 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 Yocumtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Yocumtown 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/ |