Osterburg Pennsylvania Map

About Osterburg, Pennsylvania

Osterburg is a locality in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Osterburg is located at 40.1695°N, 78.5203°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16667.

Osterburg rests in a broad, fertile valley that cleaves the rolling hills of Bedford County, its fields a patchwork quilt of emerald and gold under a sky that often stretches in vast, unbroken blues. It lies 25.0 miles south-south-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 195°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-south-west of Claysburg. The land here breathes a quiet, agricultural air, with the gentle rise and fall of the terrain guiding the eye toward distant, tree-clad ridges that soften the horizon. Streams, clear and cool, thread their way through the meadows, their banks often fringed with the bright green of willows and the sturdy grace of sycamores. The air itself carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of freshly turned earth and the distant, earthy perfume of drying hay, especially potent when the sun begins its slow descent, casting long shadows that stretch like sleepy giants across the landscape. The history of Osterburg is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring strength of its agricultural roots and the quiet resilience of its people. For generations, this valley has sustained families through the cycles of planting and harvest, its economy deeply intertwined with the bounty of the soil. Coal mining, a significant chapter in the region’s past, has left its mark, though the dominant scent now is of livestock and ripening corn. While grand institutions are absent, a palpable sense of shared heritage persists, a quiet understanding born from a life lived in close communion with the land and with each other, where the pace of days is dictated more by the seasons than by the urgent tick of a clock.

About This Osterburg Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Osterburg, Pennsylvania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Osterburg and Bedford County.

Detailed location data for Osterburg includes the ZIP code (16667), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Bedford County (Bedford), and school district assignment. 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 Osterburg is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.