Meyersdale Pennsylvania Map

About Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

Meyersdale is a locality in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,103. The population density is 973.5 people per km². Meyersdale is located at 39.8137°N, 79.0247°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15552.

Meyersdale occupies a high, expansive plateau where the light at dusk stretches long and thin across the fields, casting shadows that seem to hold the weight of the coming night. It lies 35.9 miles south of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 189°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-southwest of Berlin. Flaugherty Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape, providing a silver thread that links the residential streets to the surrounding rural expanse. To the west, the deep, shadowed cleft of the Casselman Gorge defines the terrain, while the dense canopy of Forbes State Forest offers a dark, verdant boundary just a few miles beyond the edge of the grid. Travelers might catch a glimpse of the distant Allegheny Mountains rising like a bruised purple spine against the horizon, anchoring the wide sky above the Paul E Faller Playground / Park, where the laughter of children often carries over the cooling grass in the late afternoon. Meyersdale retains the quiet, disciplined character of a place built upon the labor of coal extraction and the rhythmic passage of the railroad, industries that once dictated the pace of every clock in the valley. The architecture of the older storefronts reflects an era of brick and iron, standing as solid, unadorned witnesses to the generations who harvested the land or worked the deep seams below. While the intensity of the industrial age has softened, the economic focus remains tethered to the harvest of the soil and the maintenance of the infrastructure that serves the region. Residents often find their way toward the stillness of Siebert Lake or the spray of Laurel Falls when the summer air grows heavy, finding a necessary pause in the cycle of a workday that begins early and ends with the long, cooling shadows of the plateau.

About This Meyersdale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.813693, -79.024748. 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 Meyersdale and Somerset County.

Detailed location data for Meyersdale includes the ZIP code (15552), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Somerset County (Somerset), and school district assignment (Meyersdale 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 Meyersdale is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.