Adah Pennsylvania Map

About Adah, Pennsylvania

Adah is a locality in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Adah is located at 39.8965°N, 79.9220°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15410.

Adah rests in a hollow of Fayette County, where the land rolls with a rugged grace, a landscape sculpted by ancient rivers and the persistent hand of industry. It lies 18.5 miles north of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 6°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east-south-east of Jefferson Greene County. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and the distant breath of coal dust, a subtle reminder of the earth's bounty and the labor it has demanded. Hills rise and fall like sleeping giants, their slopes often cloaked in a dense tapestry of deciduous trees that blaze with fiery hues in autumn, their bare branches stark against the winter sky. The Monongahela River, a vital artery through this region, snakes its way nearby, its slow, deliberate current reflecting the overcast skies that often drift over the Appalachians, lending a certain somber beauty to the scene. The story of Adah is inextricably linked to the deep veins of coal that lie beneath its soil, a history that shaped its founding and continues to echo in its character. For generations, this was a place where families toiled in the darkness, their lives and livelihoods forged in the demanding rhythm of the mines. While the boom times may have softened, the legacy of that era endures, imbuing Adah with a stoic resilience and a deep sense of community. The local economy, once dominated by extraction, now finds footing in a more diversified, though still modest, footing, with small businesses and agricultural pursuits offering their own quiet contributions. You might still see the weathered faces of those who remember the clatter of the trains, the rumble of the machinery, and the camaraderie born of shared hardship, a living history etched not in monuments, but in the very spirit of Adah.

About This Adah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Adah, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.896465, -79.921997. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Adah and Fayette County.

Detailed location data for Adah includes the ZIP code (15410), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Fayette County (Uniontown), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Adah is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.