Ferndale Pennsylvania Map

About Ferndale, Pennsylvania

Ferndale is a locality in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,547. The population density is 1535.5 people per km². Ferndale is located at 40.2905°N, 78.9198°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ferndale is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17866, 18972, 17985.

Ferndale occupies a quiet pocket of the landscape where the dark, insistent pulse of Carbon Run carves a path through the earth. It lies 16.6 miles south-southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 0.9 miles southwest of Shamokin. The air here holds the weight of the interior, distant from any brine, feeling instead like the cool, damp breath of the deep woods that rise in the distance toward the Appalachian Mountains. To the west, the land dips into the shadowed basin of Bear Valley, while the light at dusk settles heavy and silver over the still surface of Number Four Reservoir. Residents often walk the perimeter of Coal Township Park, where the ground bears the subtle, uneven texture of a region shaped by industrious hands and the slow, persistent reclamation of green growth.

Ferndale carries the persistent memory of the anthracite trade in the way its foundations are anchored into the slope and the deliberate, measured pace of its streets. The local economy, once tethered to the deep extraction of fuel, has transitioned into a quieter existence, leaving behind a legacy of brickwork and sturdy, utilitarian architecture that refuses to be reclaimed by time. On weekends, the rhythm of life slows further, with some seeking the solitude of the James Path, while others observe the quiet commerce of a neighborhood that has learned to endure without the clamor of its earlier, busier decades. It is a place where the history of the soil remains visible in the gray, weathered surfaces of the older buildings, standing as silent witnesses to the generations that labored to define the character of Ferndale.

About This Ferndale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ferndale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.290549, -78.919817. 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 Ferndale includes the ZIP code (17866, 18972, 17985), 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 (Ferndale 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.