Mason Pennsylvania Map

About Mason, Pennsylvania

Mason is a locality in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,276. Mason is located at 41.4737°N, 79.8470°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16323, 16317.

Mason occupies a quiet expanse of the Pennsylvania interior, defined by the persistent, winding course of the Wolf Run as it carves through the local earth. It lies 19.5 miles southeast of Meadville, PA (from Meadville, PA: bearing 126°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-northwest of Oil City. The landscape here is defined by a slow, heavy gravity, where the air holds the scent of damp loam and the shifting seasons of the deciduous canopy. To the west, the land rises in long, deliberate swells that soften the horizon, while the distant silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains remain faint, blue-grey suggestions against the sky. The light in Mason often catches the mist rising from the creek beds at dawn, turning the low-lying fields into pools of silver that mirror the slow transition from the warmth of the day into the cool, shadowed stillness of the evening.

History in Mason remains anchored in the stubborn resilience of the soil and the legacy of the people who first cleared the timber to make space for the plow. The economy persists through a quiet blend of local agriculture and the modest industry that has long defined this part of the state, drawing strength from the proximity of the Clear Creek State Forest Kennerdell Tract and the legacy of the land nearby at Wolf Run Farm. Residents look toward the seasonal rhythms of the harvest and the quiet maintenance of their properties, finding a singular peace in the distance between themselves and the clamor of larger, more frantic centers. Even as the decades move forward, the pace of life in Mason remains tethered to the turning of the woods and the steady, unobserved flow of the water, a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the deepening color of the leaves and the cooling of the wind.

About This Mason Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mason, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.473668, -79.847. 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 Mason includes the ZIP code (16323, 16317), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Venango County (Franklin), 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.