Blawnox Pennsylvania Map

About Blawnox, Pennsylvania

Blawnox is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,454. The population density is 1896.6 people per km². Blawnox is located at 40.4934°N, 79.8606°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Blawnox is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15238.

Blawnox maintains a firm, industrial posture upon the northern bank where the Allegheny River carves a deep, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 1.2 miles west-southwest of Penn Hills, PA (from Penn Hills, PA: bearing 244°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-northeast of Pittsburgh. The earth here feels heavy with the accumulation of a century’s labor, defined by a narrow shelf of land that compresses the architecture between the water’s edge and the rising, wooded slopes that mark the beginning of the Allegheny Plateau. Sunlight often catches the surface of the Allegheny River in late afternoon, turning the slow, dark current into a ribbon of hammered silver that reflects the austere geometry of the surrounding hills. Directly adjacent to the flowing water, the Sycamore Island Acquisition offers a quiet, unmanicured stretch of riparian wildness that serves as a necessary counterpoint to the paved streets and brick foundations of the residential blocks.

Blawnox emerged from the ambitions of the industrial age, its identity forged in the heat of furnaces and the steady rhythm of manufacturing that once dictated the pulse of the valley. While the economy has shifted away from the heavy mills that defined its early growth, the physical character of the borough remains rooted in that gritty, durable history, evidenced by the sturdy, utilitarian houses that climb the hillside. Local life moves with a pragmatic, quiet intensity, far removed from the distant, grander silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains that haunt the horizon on exceptionally clear days. Those who live here often look toward the river as a constant, indifferent witness to the changing seasons, a silent neighbor that links the daily routines of the modern borough to the deeper, older patterns of the region.

About This Blawnox Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blawnox, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.493402, -79.860605. 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 Blawnox includes the ZIP code (15238), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), and school district assignment (Fox Chapel 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.