Lilly Pennsylvania Map

About Lilly, Pennsylvania

Lilly is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 879. The population density is 650.2 people per km². Lilly is located at 40.4259°N, 78.6200°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lilly is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15938.

Lilly occupies a rugged stretch of the Allegheny Plateau where the land rises in stubborn, layered folds toward the distant, hazy spine of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 13.5 miles west-southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 242°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southeast of Ebensburg. The Little Conemaugh River carves a restless path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the charcoal gray of the low-hanging clouds that frequently stall against the ridges. Two miles from the village center, the still surface of Lily Number One Reservoir holds the sky in a quiet, dark mirror, while the descent into Christie Hollow marks the deeper, cooler recesses of the local topography. At Barker Street Playground, the metal swing sets and patches of worn earth serve as the immediate, grounded anchor for a landscape defined by the reach of ancient, sloping woodland and the persistent, downward pull of the gravity-fed streams.

Lilly emerged from the industrial necessity of the rail age, its identity forged in the soot and iron of a coal-rich corridor that once demanded everything from the earth beneath it. The economy here shifted long ago from the feverish extraction of the mines to a quieter, post-industrial existence, yet the architecture of the place remains marked by the sturdy, unadorned resilience of the families who built it. A lingering sense of self-reliance permeates the atmosphere, visible in the upkeep of the homes and the deliberate pace of those walking to the post office or the local shops. Even with the silence that now replaces the clamor of the coal cars, Lilly retains a singular, sharp clarity, as if the mountain air itself preserves the weight and gravity of its history against the slow erosion of time.

About This Lilly Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lilly, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.425906, -78.620018. 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 Lilly includes the ZIP code (15938), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cambria County (Ebensburg), and school district assignment (Penn Cambria 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.