Malden, Pennsylvania
| Malden, Pennsylvania | |
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| A bedroom community in the Borough of Centerville | |
Malden Inn in the borough's Centerville historic district in August 2014
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 Bedroom Community of Malden in the Borough of Centerville in Washington County, Pennsylvania. |
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 Malden, Pennsylvania
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| Coordinates: 40°1′17.4″N 79°33′33″W / 40.021500°N 79.55917°WCoordinates: 40°1′17.4″N 79°33′33″W / 40.021500°N 79.55917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Washington |
| Established | 1800 |
| John Krep's Tavern | 1820 |
| Founded by | John Krep |
| Area Malden housing developments were limited to roadside dwellings until the 1950s. Most of the lands now made residential streets off to the side from the Old National Pike were probably farm lands until after WW-II ended. |
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| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,181 ft (360 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | several dozen houses |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| zipcode | 15417 |
| Area code(s) | 724 (Southwestern Pennsylvania) |
The unincorporated hamlet of Malden is a bedroom community along the historic 'Old National Pike' (1811) within borough of Centerville Washington County, Pennsylvania. Malden was a historical wagon stop amidst farms during the early 19th century surge of westward migration to settle the Northwest Territory after 1790.
Today, as it has since the US-40 roadbed was flipped northerly to miss the road through West Brownsville, the hamlet sits in the apex of a westward pointing triangle formed by the intersection of the newer early 1960s four lane Highway improvement of U.S. Route 40 and the consequent by-pass of that stretch of old historic National Highway. Thus both US-40 bridges across the Monongahela River, the Lane Bane Bridge and the Brownsville-West Brownsville Bridge connect their respective (Old/New) US-40 routes, merging just to the west side of the Malden commercial strip. Old US 40 turns left, travels past the lower Brownsville business district and several congestion causing traffic lights before turning right to cross the older Brownsville Bridge, zig through the southern part of West Brownsville and climb to Malden's east side.
Both Malden and the widespread rural Borough of Centerville, its technical parent community, share the 15417 postal zip code of the Brownsville, PA post-office across the Monongahela in Fayette County, now existing real estate momentum keeps them each alive, shrinking. Just another one of several satellite communities built to support workers of area coal mines and Brownsville's once vibrant boat building, outfitting, and rust belt industries.
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