Joffre Pennsylvania Map

About Joffre, Pennsylvania

Joffre is a locality in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 610. The population density is 193.8 people per km². Joffre is located at 40.3792°N, 80.3603°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15053.

Joffre rests in a landscape where rolling hills, softened by the passage of time and the persistent work of agriculture, give way to steeper inclines cloaked in woodlands. It lies 16.4 miles west of Mount Lebanon, PA (from Mount Lebanon, PA: bearing 276°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-west of Imperial. The land here, a mosaic of fields and forests, breathes with a quiet, persistent life, especially in the late afternoon when the sun, slanting low, casts long shadows that stretch and deepen across the terrain. The air, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, often holds a cool, persistent moisture, a reminder of the region's humid summers and crisp, often snowy, winters. This is a place where the horizon feels both accessible and a little mysterious, where the next rise of land promises a new vista, familiar yet subtly altered by the shifting light. The history of Joffre is tied to the very earth it occupies, its economy once driven by the extraction of coal, a deep, dark vein that once pulsed beneath these hills. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy lingers in the character of the place, a resilience forged in hard labor and community. Today, the economy is more varied, a blend of small businesses, agriculture that continues to shape the surrounding countryside, and residents who commute to larger centers for work, their lives a gentle ebb and flow between the quietude of Joffre and the demands of the wider world. The roads here, winding and often narrow, follow the contours of the land, leading to scattered homes and the occasional small gathering of buildings that mark the heart of this Washington County settlement, a place where the past is not so much buried as it is integrated into the very texture of everyday life.

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This page provides an interactive Google map of Joffre, Pennsylvania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Joffre and Washington County.

Detailed location data for Joffre includes the ZIP code (15053), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Washington County (Washington), and school district assignment (Burgettstown 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 Joffre is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.