Dorseyville Pennsylvania Map

About Dorseyville, Pennsylvania

Dorseyville is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 941. The population density is 271.5 people per km². Dorseyville is located at 40.5770°N, 79.8887°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15238.

Dorseyville rests in a fold of Allegheny County, where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise toward the higher ridges. It lies 5.8 miles north-north-west of Penn Hills, PA (from Penn Hills, PA: bearing 334°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of McCandless. The hills here are not abrupt, but rather rounded shoulders of earth, softened by the persistent green of oak and maple, their slopes often etched with the faint, parallel lines of long-ago fields. Small creeks, born from seepages and springs higher up, carve shallow, meandering paths through the terrain, their waters glinting like scattered mica in the dappled sunlight that filters through the canopy. The air often carries the damp, earthy scent of the forest floor, a constant reminder of the natural world’s enduring presence, even as human habitation marks its territory with weathered barns and the occasional gleam of a distant rooftop. This stretch of land, once traversed by Indigenous peoples, saw its character shaped by the westward expansion and the pursuit of fertile soil. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agricultural bounty, established farms that are now, in many cases, generations deep, their lineage a quiet thread in the story of Dorseyville. The local economy, while no longer dominated by the heavy industries that once defined much of this region, retains echoes of that past in the sturdy, practical nature of its people and their endeavors. Small businesses, often family-run, serve the surrounding countryside, their storefronts bearing the patina of years, and the land itself still yields its harvest, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the earth that sustains them.

About This Dorseyville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dorseyville, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.577012, -79.888663. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Dorseyville and Allegheny County.

Detailed location data for Dorseyville 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). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Dorseyville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.