Clinton Pennsylvania Map

About Clinton, Pennsylvania

Clinton is a locality in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. Clinton is located at 40.0492°N, 79.4631°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16055, 15026, 15469.

Clinton emerges from the landscape as a quiet assemblage of wood and stone, defined primarily by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Newmyer Run as it carves through the local terrain. It lies 17.9 miles south-southeast of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-northeast of Connellsville. The air here holds a crisp, inland weight, carrying the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves from the dense thickets that press inward from the periphery. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains suggests a rugged boundary, while the immediate surroundings are characterized by the modest, shadowed depths of Polecat Hollow. The light at dusk settles heavily over the fields, turning the soil a deep, bruised purple and lending a sudden, sharp clarity to the silhouettes of the trees. Only four miles away, Green Lick Reservoir remains a silent, reflective presence, its surface often undisturbed by the winds that move across the higher, open ridges.

Clinton maintains a character forged by the slow, deliberate work of those who have long attended to the land, moving in time with the seasonal shifts of the nearby Avanti Enterprise Land Acquisition (Marsolino-Leighty Proj). The economy has transitioned over generations, shifting from the raw, extractive labor that once defined the broader plateau to a more measured, decentralized existence. While the echoes of industrial expansion remain in the structural bones of the older buildings, the current pace is dictated by the maintenance of homesteads and the management of regional resources. Life in Clinton proceeds with a sturdy, unadorned pragmatism, where the primary concerns are the cycle of the frost and the steady, reliable flow of water through the local gullies. Even sixteen miles from the dense, managed growth of Forbes State Forest, the influence of the wilderness persists, reminding those who live here that the land remains the ultimate arbiter of their daily routines.

About This Clinton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clinton, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.04924, -79.463092. 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 Clinton includes the ZIP code (16055, 15026, 15469), 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 (Freeport 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.