Sharpsburg Pennsylvania Map

About Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania

Sharpsburg is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,187. The population density is 2547.6 people per km². Sharpsburg is located at 40.4932°N, 79.9215°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sharpsburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17060, 15215.

Sharpsburg occupies a narrow shelf of land pressed firmly against the Allegheny River, where the water moves with a deliberate, heavy grace toward the forks of the Ohio. It lies 3.1 miles north-northeast of Shadyside, PA (from Shadyside, PA: bearing 14°T), and is situated 5.2 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The topography here is defined by the steep, wooded slopes that rise sharply away from the riverbank, creating a contained, vertical landscape that holds the evening light in long, amber streaks against the brick facades. Only a mile away, the quiet surface of Carnegie Lake reflects the changing canopy of the season, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains remains a faint suggestion of depth on the far horizon. Residents find a familiar stillness in the shade of 16th Street Park, a patch of green that anchors the neighborhood against the industrial memory of the valley.

Sharpsburg carries the weight of a working history, forged in the furnaces and mills that once dictated the pulse of the regional economy. The rhythm of daily life here remains grounded in the solid, unadorned architecture of an earlier century, where the heritage of labor remains etched into the very layout of the streets. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely receded, the town maintains a persistent character, independent and unpretentious, as it looks toward the future from the edge of the river. Those seeking a broader perspective often travel toward the Monogahela Incline, a reminder of the complex engineering that once connected these isolated pockets of the plateau. It is a place that demands a certain tenacity, where the grit of the past informs the modest, steady pace of the present.

About This Sharpsburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.493243, -79.921547. 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 Sharpsburg includes the ZIP code (17060, 15215), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), and school district assignment (Fox Chapel 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.