Slabtown Pennsylvania Map

About Slabtown, Pennsylvania

Slabtown is a locality in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 145. The population density is 117.4 people per km². Slabtown is located at 40.9031°N, 76.4019°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17985, 16201, 15552.

Slabtown occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, low murmur of Roaring Creek provides a constant, rhythmic pulse against the limestone bed. It lies 7.2 miles south-southeast of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 161°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north of Mount Carmel. The landscape here favors the modest elevation of the plateau, characterized by dense patches of hardwood that thin out into open, sun-bleached fields. During the late afternoon, the light takes on a bruised, amber quality, catching the slate-colored silt of the creek banks and turning the surrounding brush into a study of deep ochre and gray. Only sixty-four miles to the east, the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains serve as a reminder of the vast, folded terrain that defines the wider horizon, though Slabtown itself remains anchored in the flatter, more intimate geography of the basin.

History in Slabtown lingers in the foundations of abandoned frame structures and the legacy of an economy once tethered to the extraction of the earth’s resources. Residents maintain a steady, unadorned pace of life, often finding recreation in the quiet expanses of Numidia Community Park, where the local flora thrives in the damp, shaded soil. While the memory of past industry remains etched in the local temperament, the modern rhythm is dictated by the seasonal shift of the woods and the proximity to the still, dark waters of Lake Glory. Life here is defined by these small, persistent landmarks, where the scale of human activity feels secondary to the slow, enduring movement of the water passing through Long Hollow and beyond.

About This Slabtown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Slabtown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.903066, -76.401922. 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 Slabtown includes the ZIP code (17985, 16201, 15552), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Columbia County (Bloomsburg), and school district assignment (Southern Columbia 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.