Nicktown Pennsylvania Map

About Nicktown, Pennsylvania

Nicktown is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 143. The population density is 90.7 people per km². Nicktown is located at 40.6134°N, 78.8034°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15762.

Nicktown occupies a high, quiet plateau where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding fields. It lies 18.3 miles east of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-southwest of Northern Cambria. The landscape unfolds in long, deliberate swells of earth, periodically broken by the quick, silver-tongued movement of Moss Creek as it cuts through the local topography. Only a mile away, the stillness of Browns Run Reservoir reflects the changing sky, offering a muted mirror to the dense, dark green of the horizon. In the distance, the Allegheny Mountains etch a jagged, indigo line against the sunset, while the nearby expanse of State Game Land 079 provides a vast, unpopulated sanctuary for the deer and hawks that define the local wild. The light here at dusk settles heavily and gold, turning the harvested corn stubble into rows of glowing amber that stretch toward the shadows of the woods.

Economic life in Nicktown remains tethered to the patient cycles of agriculture and the legacy of the earth beneath its feet. Generations have built their lives upon this soil, their labor forming a quiet, persistent rhythm that avoids the frantic pulse of the distant industrial centers. While the memory of coal extraction lingers in the deep strata of the region, the current pace of Nicktown is dictated by the turning seasons and the careful stewardship of the land. It is a place where individual houses stand with a sturdy, unpretentious posture, their windows catching the morning sun as if keeping watch over the valley floors like Driscoll Hollow. Life proceeds with a deliberate, singular focus, grounded by a long-standing commitment to the land that provides for the inhabitants, ensuring that the character of the settlement remains as fixed and reliable as the bedrock itself.

About This Nicktown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nicktown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.613402, -78.80336. 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 Nicktown includes the ZIP code (15762), 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 (Northern 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.