Birmingham Pennsylvania Map

About Birmingham, Pennsylvania

Birmingham is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 89. The population density is 545.4 people per km². Birmingham is located at 40.6478°N, 78.1953°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Birmingham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16686.

Birmingham reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic pulse of the Little Juniata River, which carves a path through the limestone-heavy earth. It lies 13.8 miles northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 49°T), and is situated 2.8 miles southeast of Tyrone. The land surrounding Birmingham rises in disciplined swells, caught between the quiet shadows of Honest Hollow and the rugged, distant presence of the Allegheny Mountains looming on the western horizon. State Game Land 131 provides a vast, unmanicured backdrop where the thin, crisp air of the plateau settles heavily into the ravines at dusk, turning the foliage into a bruised violet. Sunlight here has a way of lingering against the exposed rock faces, reflecting a pale, sedimentary warmth that defines the local atmosphere as the day wanes into a cool, blue stillness.

Industry once tethered Birmingham to the movement of raw materials and the relentless utility of the railway, leaving behind an architectural landscape of sturdy, utilitarian brick and weathered timber. While the clamor of former production has faded, the economic character of Birmingham remains tied to the deliberate pace of the interior, favoring the steady maintenance of land and the quiet endurance of its sparse inhabitants. Residents find their solitude in the nearby woods or along the paths toward Tyrone Reservoir Number One, maintaining a connection to the terrain that feels entirely detached from the frantic energy of larger urban centers. The spirit of the place is found in this isolation, a persistent silence that remains undisturbed by the modern world, anchored firmly in the slow, deliberate work of the seasons.

About This Birmingham Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Birmingham, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.647842, -78.195289. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Birmingham includes the ZIP code (16686), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Huntingdon County (Huntingdon), and school district assignment (Tyrone Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.