Puritan Pennsylvania Map

About Puritan, Pennsylvania

Puritan is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. Puritan is located at 40.3656°N, 78.6436°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15458, 15946, 15601.

Puritan anchors itself firmly within a landscape defined by the persistent, cold-water flow of Trout Run, which cuts a narrow, rhythmic path through the rugged terrain. It lies 14.9 miles east of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 80°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-southeast of Ebensburg. The horizon is dominated by the looming presence of the Allegheny Mountains, their jagged silhouettes rising twelve miles to the west to catch the fading light of the afternoon. Nearby, the water of Portage Reservoir remains a still, dark mirror, reflecting the dense canopy of the surrounding timberland that stretches toward the horizon. Within two miles, the land drops away into the shadowed basin of Dividing Hollow, where the air holds a damp, earthy weight that lingers long after the sun has retreated behind the ridges.

Puritan retains the quiet, industrious character of an economy once tethered to the extraction of the earth’s deep, mineral-rich seams. The legacy of these labor-intensive years remains etched in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older streets, which now serve as a backdrop for a slower, more deliberate pace of life. Residents often look toward the expansive, quiet reaches of State Game Land 026 for recreation, finding a vast, untamed buffer against the encroaching silence of the surrounding woods. Life in Puritan moves in sync with the seasons, from the crisp, thinning air of autumn to the heavy, gray stillness of winter that settles over the valley floor, grounding the people in a geography that demands both resilience and a patient eye for the subtle color of the changing seasons.

About This Puritan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Puritan, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.36563, -78.643629. 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 Puritan includes the ZIP code (15458, 15946, 15601), 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.

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.