Scalp Level, Pennsylvania
| Scalp Level, Pennsylvania | |
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Houses on Somerset Street
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 Location of Scalp Level in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. |
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| Coordinates: 40°15′04″N 78°50′23″W / 40.25111°N 78.83972°WCoordinates: 40°15′04″N 78°50′23″W / 40.25111°N 78.83972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Cambria |
| Settled | 1835 |
| Incorporated | 1898 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.66 sq mi (1.71 km2) |
| • Land | 0.66 sq mi (1.71 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,772 ft (540 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 778 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 731 |
| • Density | 1,109.26/sq mi (428.33/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 814 |
| FIPS code | 42-68104 |
Scalp Level is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 778 at the 2010 census.
According to tradition, the town site was so named after a local property owner ordered his farmhands to "scalp them bushes level".
The Windber Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Scalp Level is located on the southern border of Cambria County at 40°15′4″N 78°50′23″W / 40.25111°N 78.83972°W (40.250976, -78.839813). It is bordered to the south by the boroughs of Paint and Windber in Somerset County. It is in the valley of Paint Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Stonycreek River, which flows north to form the Conemaugh River in the center of Johnstown, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Scalp Level.
U.S. Route 219, a four-lane expressway, passes 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Scalp Level, leading southwest 24 miles (39 km) to Somerset and northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Ebensburg, the Cambria County seat. Pennsylvania Route 56 runs through the center of Scalp Level and leads southeast 31 miles (50 km) to Bedford.
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