Wilburton Number One Pennsylvania Map

About Wilburton Number One, Pennsylvania

Wilburton Number One is a locality in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 223. The population density is 683.3 people per km². Wilburton Number One is located at 40.8140°N, 76.3902°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17888.

Wilburton Number One occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, dark-watered passage of the North Branch Shamokin Creek as it carves through the rugged terrain. It lies 13.5 miles northwest of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 311°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east of Shamokin. The air here holds the weight of the interior, far removed from the coast, carrying a crisp, metallic edge that settles over the low-lying ground near the Shamokin Reservoir. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains frame the horizon, while the immediate surroundings are dominated by the dense, unyielding timber of Weiser State Forest. Light at dusk here does not merely fade; it clings to the rusted iron and stone embankments, turning the gray slate of the earth into a deep, bruised violet that emphasizes the solitude of the valley floor.

Wilburton Number One persists as a quiet relic of the anthracite era, where the economy once drew its entire vitality from the veins of coal beneath the soil. The infrastructure of the locality remains marked by the heavy, utilitarian architecture of mining days, with sturdy frame houses and narrow lanes that still mirror the gravity of a working-class past. While the industry has long since receded into memory, the character of the place endures in the way residents maintain their properties against the slow encroachment of the woods. Life moves with a deliberate, measured pace, anchored by the cycles of the nearby forest and the quiet, constant flow of the stream, leaving Wilburton Number One to exist in a state of watchful, dignified stillness.

About This Wilburton Number One Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wilburton Number One, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.813976, -76.390228. 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 Wilburton Number One includes the ZIP code (17888), 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 (North Schuylkill 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.