Potlicker Flats Pennsylvania Map

About Potlicker Flats, Pennsylvania

Potlicker Flats is a locality in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 392.9 people per km². Potlicker Flats is located at 40.7269°N, 77.6077°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17063.

Potlicker Flats occupies a low-lying basin where the persistent, quiet currents of Laurel Creek carve a silver path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 14.0 miles east-southeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northwest of Lewistown. The landscape is defined by this steady waterway and the encroaching wildness of Bald Eagle State Forest, which wraps the perimeter in a dense, hushed congregation of oak and hemlock. To the west, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, acting as a permanent backdrop to the fields. The light here tends to pool in the hollows during the late afternoon, turning the tall grasses into a pale, bruised gold that shimmers before the evening chill settles over the ground. One mile to the north, the waters of Laurel Creek Reservoir hold the reflection of the sky with a mirror-like clarity, undisturbed by the modern velocity that defines the world beyond these ridges.

Potlicker Flats retains the quiet, industrious character of a settlement built upon the necessity of the land, with a history rooted in the slow labor of timber and small-scale agriculture. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the rugged utility of the surrounding timberlands, where the heritage of the local woodcraft persists in the barns and sturdy framing of the older houses. Residents often find their way to the Coxes Valley Trail, a path that traces the history of the region through the silent transition from cleared farmland back into the encroaching shadows of the woods. Life moves with a measured, deliberate pace, dictated by the turning of the forest canopy and the maintenance of the creek banks. It is a place where the stillness is not a void but a presence, felt in the way the air remains cool and heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine needles, lingering long after the sun has retreated behind the jagged crests of the Appalachian Mountains.

About This Potlicker Flats Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Potlicker Flats, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.7269, -77.6077. 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 Potlicker Flats includes the ZIP code (17063), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Mifflin County (Lewistown), and school district assignment (Mifflin County 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.