Vicksburg Pennsylvania Map

About Vicksburg, Pennsylvania

Vicksburg is a locality in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 731.9 people per km². Vicksburg is located at 40.3698°N, 78.4158°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17844, 17883.

Vicksburg emerges from the landscape as a quiet collection of structures defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Beaver Run, which carves its way through the earth just steps from the quiet lanes. It lies 20.9 miles south of Williamsport, PA (from Williamsport, PA: bearing 178°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southwest of Milton. The light here catches the limestone dust and the lingering dampness of the soil, casting a long, soft shadow that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Travelers passing through find the air crisp, holding the scent of damp earth and coming weather, while the Buffalo Valley Rail-Trail offers a flat, deliberate path for those moving through the landscape on foot or by cycle. Far from any coastline, Vicksburg exists in a world of deep interior stillness where the horizon is defined by the steady, vertical rise of the land rather than the vast, shifting openness of water.

History in Vicksburg remains etched into the very foundations of the local architecture, where the legacy of agrarian labor continues to shape the daily pace of the inhabitants. Long ago, the economy relied upon the fertile output of the surrounding fields, a tradition that persists in the slow, seasonal transition of the crops and the careful maintenance of the surrounding woodlands. Though the dense timber of Tiadaghton State Forest remains a distant presence on the periphery, the local character is tethered to the steady maintenance of the land and the quiet endurance of the regional trades. Even as the modern day moves forward, the proximity of the Grosses Gap Trail and the stillness of the nearby Spruce Run Reservoir provide a sense of continuity that anchors Vicksburg to the rhythms of the Pennsylvania earth.

About This Vicksburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vicksburg, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.369804, -78.415775. 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 Vicksburg includes the ZIP code (17844, 17883), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Union County (Lewisburg), and school district assignment (Hollidaysburg 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.