Morea Pennsylvania Map

About Morea, Pennsylvania

Morea is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 200. The population density is 465.2 people per km². Morea is located at 40.7895°N, 76.1713°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17948.

Morea emerges from the deep anthracite earth as a quiet testament to the heavy industry that once defined this rugged interior landscape. It lies 7.3 miles north of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 10°T), and is situated 8.3 miles northeast of Minersville. The terrain surrounding Morea consists of fractured slopes and dense woodland, where the light at dusk catches the sharp edges of coal-stained shale and turns the sky a bruised, metallic violet. Only a mile away, the dark, still surface of Eisenhuth Reservoir reflects the changing seasons, while the nearby flow of Mill Creek cuts through the quiet hollows with a persistent, rhythmic hum. The New Boston Playground offers a singular point of open space where the air tastes of pine and old stone, grounding the locality in the silence of the woods rather than the noise of the modern world.

Morea carries the weight of a long-standing mining history, its character forged by the generations who labored to extract the black wealth hidden deep beneath the regional soil. While the bustling economy of the past has quieted, the remnants of that era persist in the layout of the streets and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local atmosphere. Life in Morea moves with the slow, deliberate pace of a place that understands the permanence of the hills, far removed from the distant Appalachian Mountains that silhouette the horizon. Those who travel through the region might catch a glimpse of the shifting shadows in Ringtown Valley, a reminder that the land remains the primary architect of the local experience, long after the heavy machinery has fallen silent.

About This Morea Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Morea, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.789533, -76.171328. 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 Morea includes the ZIP code (17948), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (Mahanoy Area 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.