Kerr Pennsylvania Map

About Kerr, Pennsylvania

Kerr is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 258. Kerr is located at 40.7348°N, 79.6450°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16229.

Kerr sits amidst the dense, folded landscape of the Pennsylvania interior, where the earth rises and falls in long, muscular swells of shale and clay. It lies 13.0 miles north-northeast of New Kensington, PA (from New Kensington, PA: bearing 29°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Allegheny Township. The horizon to the west holds the faint, bruised purple shadow of the Allegheny Mountains, a distant boundary that dictates the weather and the slow migration of storms. Near the center of the terrain, the quiet flow of Knapp Run cuts a narrow, limestone-lined path through the brush, its waters moving with a deliberate, cold clarity. A few miles away, the low depression of Murphys Bottom traps the morning mist, holding the damp air in a basin of tall, pale grasses until the sun burns the gray haze into the canopy of oaks.

Kerr retains the quiet, utilitarian character of a place that once looked toward the heavy industry of the regional centers but now turns its attention to the immediate requirements of the soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the small-scale commerce that sustains the households scattered along the ridgelines. On summer evenings, the local life congregates at South Buffalo Twp. Ballfield #1, where the sharp crack of a bat against a ball marks the end of the workday. Beyond the periphery, the Beltzville Dam Reservoir sits as a vast, still presence in the landscape, offering a wide expanse of water that mirrors the changing sky. Life in Kerr moves with a steady, unforced cadence, shaped by the weight of the seasons and the simple persistence of the work required to maintain a life in these hills.

About This Kerr Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kerr, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.734787, -79.645048. 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 Kerr includes the ZIP code (16229), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Armstrong County (Kittanning), 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.