Shippingport Pennsylvania Map

About Shippingport, Pennsylvania

Shippingport is a locality in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 159. The population density is 19.5 people per km². Shippingport is located at 40.6320°N, 80.4140°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15052.

Shippingport lies where the Ohio River, a broad, patient artery, bends and flows past flatlands that stretch toward distant, rounded hills. It lies 20.9 miles west of McCandless, PA (from McCandless, PA: bearing 278°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-south-east of Saint Clair Township. Here, the air often carries the damp scent of alluvial earth, a smell that mingles with the faint, metallic tang of industry from across the water. The land itself, a fertile plain shaped by millennia of riverine deposition, slopes gently toward the water’s edge, where docks and the occasional pleasure craft mark the human presence. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, can cast a diffused, pearly glow over the landscape, softening the edges of the modest structures that comprise Shippingport. The history of Shippingport is inextricably tied to the river it borders. Once a hub of activity, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the river's navigability and the shifting demands of commerce. The remnants of its past linger in the quietude that now often settles over its streets, a stark contrast to the bustling port it once was. The local economy, though transformed, still feels the echo of its industrial heritage, a legacy of coal and power that once pulsed through the region. Though no longer the vibrant shipping center of its heyday, Shippingport retains a grounded character, a testament to its enduring connection with the land and the great river that defines its existence.

About This Shippingport Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Shippingport, Pennsylvania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Shippingport and Beaver County.

Detailed location data for Shippingport includes the ZIP code (15052), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Beaver County (Beaver), and school district assignment (South Side Area School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Shippingport is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.