Ashfield Pennsylvania Map

About Ashfield, Pennsylvania

Ashfield is a locality in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Ashfield is located at 40.7845°N, 75.7135°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18212.

Ashfield rests in the rolling embrace of Carbon County, where the land, a patchwork of verdant fields and shadowed woodlands, climbs and dips with the patient deliberation of ancient hills. It lies 16.9 miles north-west of Allentown, PA (from Allentown, PA: bearing 316°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west-south-west of Palmerton. The air here, especially in the hush of late afternoon, carries a cool, clean scent, tinged with the damp earth and the distant murmur of unseen streams. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in shafts of liquid gold, illuminating the sturdy, time-worn structures that form the heart of Ashfield, their stone and wood bearing the marks of seasons weathered and endured. The landscape itself feels like a quiet sentinel, observing the passage of days with a stoic, enduring grace, the distant ridges a constant, soft blue against the expansive Pennsylvania sky. The story of Ashfield is inextricably linked to the veins of coal that once thrummed beneath this very soil, a legacy that shaped its early days and the grit of its people. Though the deep mines have long since fallen silent, the echoes of that industry remain, a subtle undercurrent in the local character. The economy now finds its footing in a more varied terrain, with agriculture continuing to hold its own, and small businesses tending to the needs of the residents with a neighborly efficiency. The nearby Lehigh River, a ribbon of silver winding through the broader valley, offers its own quiet beauty and a reminder of the natural resources that have always sustained this corner of Pennsylvania. Ashfield, in its enduring simplicity, offers a profound sense of place, a testament to resilience and the quiet dignity of a life lived in concert with the land.

About This Ashfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ashfield, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.784538, -75.713522. 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 Ashfield and Carbon County.

Detailed location data for Ashfield includes the ZIP code (18235), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Carbon County (Jim Thorpe), 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 Ashfield is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.