Fairview-Ferndale Pennsylvania Map

About Fairview-Ferndale, Pennsylvania

Fairview-Ferndale is a locality in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,075. The population density is 825.1 people per km². Fairview-Ferndale is located at 40.7799°N, 76.5752°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17866.

Fairview-Ferndale emerges from the dark, sediment-rich earth where the Carbon Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the landscape. It lies 16.7 miles south-southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 1.1 miles southwest of Shamokin. The terrain here is defined by the sharp, rhythmic folds of the regional topography, where the ground rises and falls in long, muscular ridges that eventually dissolve into the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains. To the west, the land dips into the quiet seclusion of Bear Valley, a corridor of limestone and shale that seems to hold the evening light longer than the higher ground. Only three miles away, the surface of Number Four Reservoir remains a flat, slate-colored mirror, reflecting the heavy clouds that frequently drift over the valley floor. The air in Fairview-Ferndale carries the scent of damp moss and cooling stone, a crisp reminder of the deep, inland silence that settles over the region once the sun slips behind the western ridges.

Fairview-Ferndale exists as a quiet accumulation of anthracite memory, anchored by the modest expanse of Coal Township Park where local life finds its center. The economy, once tethered to the rhythmic output of the mines, has shifted into a slower, more deliberate pace, leaving behind the stark, industrial bones of a former era that still catch the low afternoon sun. Residents here often look toward the twenty-mile horizon where the dense timber of Haldeman State Forest creates a dark, green boundary against the sky. On weekends, the activity shifts toward the James Path, where the crunch of gravel underfoot provides a steady cadence for those traversing the rugged, uneven terrain. This locality maintains a sturdy, unadorned character, shaped by the weight of its history and the persistent, slow-moving currents of the Carbon Run that continue to define its borders.

About This Fairview-Ferndale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview-Ferndale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.7799, -76.5752. 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 Fairview-Ferndale includes the ZIP code (17866), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Northumberland County (Sunbury), and school district assignment (Shamokin 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.