Coulter Pennsylvania Map

About Coulter, Pennsylvania

Coulter is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 236. The population density is 176.0 people per km². Coulter is located at 41.0106°N, 79.0753°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15028, 15730, 15131.

Coulter occupies a narrow shelf of land where the earth yields to the insistent, dark current of the Youghiogheny River. It lies 4.4 miles west-southwest of North Huntingdon, PA (from North Huntingdon, PA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south of Monroeville. The landscape is defined by the steep, wooded gravity of the Allegheny Plateau, which presses down upon the valley floor with a persistent, verdant weight. Two miles to the north, the terrain folds into the quiet, shaded seclusion of Boston Hollow, while the waters of Butlers Lake remain tucked away in the nearby timber, mirroring the shifting gray of the overcast sky. At the South Versailles Township Playground, the swings hang motionless in the humid air, marking a small, cleared space where the forest’s reach is briefly held at bay by the necessities of the present day.

Coulter bears the quiet, industrial gravity of a place forged by the coal and rail lines that once dictated the pulse of the region. Where the clatter of heavy freight formerly signaled the shift change, a slower, more deliberate cadence now defines the daily routine of those who inhabit these slopes. The memory of the mines and the iron-willed efforts of early settlers remain etched into the foundations of the older homes, their brickwork darkening under the persistent damp of the river valley. Life here proceeds with a tempered awareness of the surrounding hills, a testament to a local character shaped by the isolation of the gorge and the enduring, subterranean endurance of a region that has seen its primary engines of commerce recede into the quietude of the woods.

About This Coulter Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coulter, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.01062, -79.075314. 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 Coulter includes the ZIP code (15028, 15730, 15131), 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 (McKeesport 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.