Farwell Pennsylvania Map

About Farwell, Pennsylvania

Farwell is a locality in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 253.9 people per km². Farwell is located at 41.3328°N, 77.7144°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17764.

Farwell clings to the steep, wooded incline above the West Branch Susquehanna River, where the water flows with a dark, deliberate weight against the limestone banks. It lies 37.6 miles west of Williamsport, PA (from Williamsport, PA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 19.4 miles northwest of Lock Haven. The landscape around Farwell is defined by the heavy presence of the Allegheny Plateau, a region where the earth folds into deep, forested creases like Boggs Hollow, carved by centuries of persistent rain and runoff. The air here holds a crisp, metallic quality, especially in the mornings when the mist rises from the riverbed to cling to the dense timber. In the distance, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon, a constant, jagged reminder of the scale of this terrain, while the quiet proximity of Sproul State Forest ensures that the wilderness remains a tangible neighbor to the quiet streets.

History in Farwell remains pinned to the rhythms of the river and the labor once demanded by the timber and rail industries that defined the nineteenth-century economy. The passage of time is marked by the shifting use of the land, moving from the industrial extraction of natural resources toward the quiet preservation found in Bucktail State Park, which offers a narrow corridor of protected space for those seeking the solitude of the woods. Residents often look toward the higher elevations, where the South Renovo Reservoir holds its steady, reflective surface, or follow the Caldwell Run Trail as it winds away from the river into the deeper silence of the canopy. Life here maintains a deliberate, unadorned pace, governed by the changing light that catches the ridges at dusk and the steady, cold movement of the current below.

About This Farwell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farwell, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.332845, -77.71443. 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 Farwell includes the ZIP code (17764), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Clinton County (Lock Haven), and school district assignment (Keystone Central 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.