Petrolia Pennsylvania Map

About Petrolia, Pennsylvania

Petrolia is a locality in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 175.0 people per km². Petrolia is located at 41.0167°N, 79.7175°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Petrolia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16050.

Petrolia holds the steady, quiet gravity of a place defined by the movement of water and the stubbornness of the earth. It lies 14.2 miles northeast of Butler, PA (from Butler, PA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 14.6 miles northeast of Homeacre-Lyndora. The South Branch Bear Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its current mirroring the low-slung sky as it slips past banks where the soil holds the memory of deep-seated minerals. To the east, the silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains waits on the horizon, a distant serrated edge that keeps the weather honest and the shadows long. Within the immediate reach of the terrain, the land folds into the gentle depressions of Binker Valley, while the stillness of Harbar Acres Lake remains a quiet fixture seven miles to the north. In the afternoon light, the air above the creek bed takes on a metallic, cooling clarity, grounding the surroundings in a permanence that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Petrolia emerged from the restless ambition of the oil industry, its early foundations built upon the extraction of resources that once dictated the pulse of the regional economy. Today, the remnants of that industrial rigor are softened by time, leaving behind a pace of life that favors the deliberate over the hurried. Residents frequent Petrolia Park, a central space that serves as the quiet anchor for local gatherings and the slow passage of hours. While the reach of the Clear Creek State Forest Kennerdell Tract lies twenty miles away, its presence is felt in the cool, wooded periphery that defines the broader character of the land. Here, the economy has shifted from the frantic drilling of the past to a sturdy, modest endurance, where the labor of the day is measured by the steady maintenance of home and the persistence of a community that knows its own geography by heart.

About This Petrolia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petrolia, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.01673, -79.717549. 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 Petrolia includes the ZIP code (16050), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Butler County (Butler), and school district assignment (Karns City 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.