Hamilton Pennsylvania Map

About Hamilton, Pennsylvania

Hamilton is a locality in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hamilton is located at 40.9242°N, 79.0809°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17801, 15767, 15744.

Hamilton emerges from the rolling, forested terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, defined by the steady, persistent flow of Perryville Run as it carves a path through the earth. It lies 21.3 miles north of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 10°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west-southwest of Punxsutawney. The light here possesses a particular clarity, filtering through the dense canopy to illuminate the damp, shadowed soil of the valley floor before reaching the expansive waters of Mahoning Creek Lake, which dominates the horizon just a mile away. The Allegheny Mountains remain a distant, hazy indigo smudge against the western sky, a reminder of the vast, rugged geology that cradles the region. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the air carries a crisp, earthen scent, suggesting a landscape that has long been shaped by the slow, deliberate work of water against stone.

Hamilton reflects the quiet persistence of a place built upon the rhythms of the Pennsylvania interior, where the echoes of industrial labor have softened into the steady hum of modern daily life. The regional identity is tied to the legacy of the plateau, where the extraction of resources once dictated the pace of settlement and the architecture of the local streets. Today, the economy leans into the natural bounty of the land, with Mahoning Creek Lake serving as a focal point for those who find respite in the stillness of the reservoir’s edge. Life in Hamilton moves with the measured, unpretentious gravity of a locale that values the endurance of its traditions, where the changing seasons dictate the tempo of the day as surely as they did for the generations that cleared these woods long ago.

About This Hamilton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hamilton, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.924231, -79.080869. 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 Hamilton includes the ZIP code (17801, 15767, 15744), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Jefferson County (Brookville), and school district assignment.

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.