New Washington Pennsylvania Map

About New Washington, Pennsylvania

New Washington is a locality in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 50. The population density is 8.4 people per km². New Washington is located at 40.8234°N, 78.7053°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. New Washington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15757.

New Washington occupies a quiet crease in the landscape where the land rises in long, hushed swells toward the distant, hazy blue of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 26.6 miles northwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 322°T), and is situated 19.8 miles southwest of Clearfield. Chest Creek carves a narrow, silver trajectory through the earth only a mile away, its presence marked by the cool, damp scent of shale and wet moss that drifts upward to soften the air. The terrain here is defined by the persistent architecture of the plateau, where the quality of light at dusk turns the timbered ridges into silhouettes of deep, bruised violet, casting shadows that stretch across the open fields until the day finally relents. To the west, the topography deepens into the quietude of Driscoll Hollow, while the waters of Irvona Reservoir hold the sky in a mirror of still, dark glass seven miles from the center of the village.

History in New Washington remains etched into the spare, functional geometry of the older buildings and the faded remnants of industry that once pulled a living from the stubborn soil. The local economy persists in a slow, deliberate rhythm, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger industrial corridors, favoring the steady labor of the land and the quiet maintenance of a life lived close to the seasons. Residents find a communal stillness at Curly Hurd Memorial Park, a sliver of preserved green space that acts as a focal point for the daily turning of the clock. Life here possesses the weight of long-standing tradition, where the passage of time is measured less by the noise of the modern world and more by the gradual shifting of the seasons over the timber and the steady, unceasing flow of the local creek.

About This New Washington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Washington, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.823397, -78.705306. 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 New Washington includes the ZIP code (15757), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Clearfield County (Clearfield), and school district assignment (Purchase Line 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.