Norvelt Pennsylvania Map

About Norvelt, Pennsylvania

Norvelt is a locality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 987. The population density is 192.0 people per km². Norvelt is located at 40.2081°N, 79.4975°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15674.

Norvelt rests on the broad, gently curving back of the Allegheny Plateau, a land of sprawling oak and maple forests that ascend in soft, verdant waves toward a sky that often wears a pearly gray cloak. It lies 6.8 miles south-southeast of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 161°T), and is situated 10.0 miles southwest of Latrobe. The terrain here is a study in patient erosion, where shallow valleys are etched by the slow, determined flow of unseen creeks, their banks lined with fern and moss, and where the air, particularly after a summer rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and decaying leaves. The afternoon sun, when it breaks through, paints the dense woodlands in shifting patterns of emerald and gold, a dappled light that seems to deepen the quietude of the landscape. This is a place born of industry and a particular vision of American life. Norvelt was established in the 1930s as a subsistence homestead community, an ambitious New Deal project designed to resettle families displaced by the Great Depression, offering them land to farm and a chance to build anew. Though the agricultural dream eventually faded, the echoes of that founding purpose linger in the orderly grid of streets and the sturdy, unpretentious homes that still characterize the neighborhood. The local economy, once tied to the coal mines that honeycombed the surrounding hills, has since diversified, but a palpable sense of resilience, a quiet determination to endure, still seems to permeate the very air of Norvelt.

About This Norvelt Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norvelt, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.208126, -79.497538. 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 Norvelt and Westmoreland County.

Detailed location data for Norvelt includes the ZIP code (15666), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Westmoreland County (Greensburg), and school district assignment (Mount Pleasant 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 Norvelt is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.