Coburn Pennsylvania Map

About Coburn, Pennsylvania

Coburn is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 210. The population density is 233.7 people per km². Coburn is located at 40.8661°N, 77.4639°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16601, 16832.

Coburn manifests as a quiet intersection of limestone earth and dense, temperate woodland where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the deep interior. It lies 2.4 miles southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 229°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north-northwest of Hollidaysburg. High above the valley floor, the rugged slopes of the Allegheny Mountains define the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields as the sun retreats. The proximity of Mill Run provides a persistent, rhythmic pulse to the landscape, its clear waters carving through the soil with a singular, unbothered purpose. Nearby, the stillness is occasionally punctuated by the activity at Locust Hills Tennis And Basketball Courts, a small clearing of human design that marks the transition between the wilder, wooded edges of the plateau and the more cultivated patches of the basin.

Coburn emerged from the hard-wrought necessity of timber and rail, a lineage still legible in the way the architecture seems to lean into the prevailing winds. The local economy, once tethered to the rhythmic output of mills and the steady passage of freight, now exists in a more muted register, favoring small-scale agriculture and the slow, deliberate pace of rural labor. While the expansive reach of Allegheny Reservoir lies just a mile distant, the true character of the place is found in the interplay of shadow and light against the stone foundations of its older structures. Life in Coburn follows the seasonal turning of the woods, where the arrival of autumn brings a sharp, metallic clarity to the atmosphere, reminding those who dwell here of the ancient, immutable stone that anchors the entire region.

About This Coburn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coburn, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.866084, -77.463857. 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 Coburn includes the ZIP code (16601, 16832), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Blair County (Hollidaysburg), and school district assignment (Penns Valley 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.