Mainville Pennsylvania Map

About Mainville, Pennsylvania

Mainville is a locality in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 115. The population density is 67.6 people per km². Mainville is located at 40.9759°N, 76.3744°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17815.

Mainville rests in a pocket of rolling hills, where the Susquehanna River's broad, slow currents have shaped a landscape of fertile valleys and wooded bluffs. It lies 20.9 miles west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 273°T), and is situated 4.6 miles east-south-east of Bloomsburg. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and pine, especially after a summer rain, and the light at dusk spills across the fields in hues of honey and rose. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, their green rows a comforting contrast to the deeper greens of the surrounding forests, and the occasional weathered barn, its paint faded to the color of old bone, stands as a quiet sentinel against the sky. The gentle slope of the terrain suggests the patient hand of water, a constant sculptor of this land, and the quietude is broken only by the distant rumble of a train or the call of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Mainville is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Columbia County, where farming has long been the bedrock of its economy, with generations of families cultivating the rich soil. The early settlers, drawn by the promise of land and opportunity, established a community built on hard work and a shared sense of purpose. While the surrounding region once buzzed with the industry of coal mining, Mainville itself has maintained a more pastoral character, its livelihood rooted in the land. Local traditions, passed down through families, still find expression in community gatherings and the enduring spirit of neighborliness, where the pace of life allows for conversation on front porches and the simple pleasure of watching the seasons turn.

About This Mainville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mainville, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.97592, -76.374387. 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 Mainville and Columbia County.

Detailed location data for Mainville includes the ZIP code (17815), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Columbia County (Bloomsburg), and school district assignment (Bloomsburg 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 Mainville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.