Orbisonia Pennsylvania Map

About Orbisonia, Pennsylvania

Orbisonia is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 468. The population density is 564.2 people per km². Orbisonia is located at 40.2429°N, 77.8931°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17243.

Orbisonia emerges from the damp, shadowed folds of the landscape where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Blacklog Creek defines the local topography. It lies 24.4 miles north-northwest of Chambersburg, PA (from Chambersburg, PA: bearing 330°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of Mount Union. This inland terrain favors the quiet complexity of ridge-and-valley geology, where the ground rises in earnest toward the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. To the west, the earth organizes itself into the distinct depression of Blacklog Valley, while the nearby expanse of State Game Land 099 offers a vast, untamed buffer of woodland. The light here tends to linger in the late afternoon, catching the pale, weathered limestone and the silvered bark of trees that stand in silent, enduring rows along the water’s edge. Orbisonia carries the weight of a long industrial memory, its character shaped by the iron furnaces and narrow-gauge rails that once dictated the movement of labor and goods. Where the economy once relied on the extraction and refinement of raw materials, the current pace is marked by a simpler, more deliberate cadence of maintenance and rural trade. Residents look toward the quiet waters of Singers Gap Reservoir for a sense of scale, or traverse the Butler Trail to maintain a connection to the high, forested ridges that define the region. Life in Orbisonia moves with the seasons, grounded in the stubborn, honest reality of a place that has learned to thrive by looking inward toward its own rugged horizon.

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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Orbisonia, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.242859, -77.893053. 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 Orbisonia and Huntingdon County.

Detailed location data for Orbisonia includes the ZIP code (17243), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Huntingdon County (Huntingdon), and school district assignment (Southern Huntingdon County 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 Orbisonia is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.