Riceville Pennsylvania Map

About Riceville, Pennsylvania

Riceville is a locality in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 58. The population density is 52.0 people per km². Riceville is located at 41.7776°N, 79.8028°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16404, 16432.

Riceville occupies a quiet stretch of the Allegheny Plateau where the land rises in slow, deliberate swells of heavy earth and hardwood timber. It lies 20.3 miles east-northeast of Meadville, PA (from Meadville, PA: bearing 62°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southeast of Union City. Oil Creek carves a winding path through the local topography, its dark, reflective current serving as a constant companion to the fields and thickets that define the immediate horizon. Beyond the local woodlots, the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as a faint, jagged smudge against the sky, too far to claim the climate but close enough to dictate the lingering chill of the autumn mornings. Travelers here often note how the light at dusk catches the damp soil of the nearby State Game Land 199, turning the undergrowth into a tapestry of deep bronze and muted slate.

Riceville remains tethered to the rhythms of an economy built upon the sturdy traditions of the plateau, where the legacy of extraction and small-scale agriculture persists in the quiet maintenance of fence lines and machinery. The proximity of Lake Canadohta, just three miles to the north, offers a seasonal respite from the labor of the fields, while the vast expanse of the Fish Flats six miles away provides a flat, open counterpoint to the broken, forested terrain surrounding the settlement. Daily life in Riceville adheres to a measured pace, governed more by the changing seasonal temperatures and the maintenance of local roads than by the frantic pace of the larger industrial centers to the south. There is a particular clarity to the air here, a crispness that suggests the land is still recovering its strength from the cycles of the past, holding its own against the encroachment of modern haste.

About This Riceville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riceville, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.777558, -79.80283. 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 Riceville includes the ZIP code (16404, 16432), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Crawford County (Meadville), and school district assignment (Union 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.