Koppel, Pennsylvania
| Koppel, Pennsylvania | |
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| Borough | |
Koppel United Methodist Church
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 Location in Beaver County and state of Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: 40°50′00″N 80°19′25″W / 40.83333°N 80.32361°WCoordinates: 40°50′00″N 80°19′25″W / 40.83333°N 80.32361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Beaver |
| Incorporated | 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Land | 0.5 sq mi (1.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 906 ft (276 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 762 |
| • Density | 1,418/sq mi (547.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip code | 16136 |
| Area code(s) | 724 |
Koppel is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area since 1950. The population was 762 at the 2010 census.
Koppel was named after Arthur Koppel of the Orenstein-Koppel Co. which was a German manufacturing company that owned 558 acres of land in nearby Big Beaver Township by 1907. In 1912, Koppel was established as a borough. The next year, Orenstein-Koppel donated land to the new borough for school and municipal buildings. After most of the town was confiscated from Orenstein-Koppel in 1917, much of the property was sold to the Koppel Industrial and Equipment Company. Other manufacturing companies had a presence in Koppel—the Pressed Steel Car Co. from 1919 to 1937 and Babcock & Wilcox during the 1950s.
Koppel is located in northern Beaver County at 40°50′0″N 80°19′25″W / 40.83333°N 80.32361°W (40.833402, -80.323675) along the west bank of the Beaver River. It is bordered to the north, west, and south by the borough of Big Beaver, and to the east by North Sewickley Township.
Pennsylvania Route 18 (Big Beaver Boulevard) follows the western border of the borough, leading south 6 miles (10 km) to Beaver Falls and north 14 miles (23 km) to New Castle. Pennsylvania Route 351 crosses Route 18 and runs through the center of Koppel, leading northeast 3 miles (5 km) to Ellwood City and west 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Interstate 376 at the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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