Camptown, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:	Camptown, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:	Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:	Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:	Camptown
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Bradford
Timezone:	Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:	-5
Timezone Dst:	EDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-4
Elevation Ft:	751
Coordinates:	41.7311°N -76.2347°W
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	18815
Area Code:	272 & 570
Blank Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:	1171144

Camptown is an unincorporated community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 409 and Pennsylvania Route 706 north-northeast of Wyalusing. Camptown has a post office with ZIP code 18815.^{[1] [2]}

Popular culture

The town is known as the inspiration for the 1850 minstrel song "Camptown Races" by Stephen Foster.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: USPS – Look Up a ZIP Code. August 15, 2017. United States Postal Service.
2. Web site: Postmaster Finder – Post Offices by ZIP Code. United States Postal Service. August 15, 2017. April 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm. dead.
3. Another 'Doo-dah-day' in Camptown. (1982, September 10). UPI Archive: Domestic News. Access date 21 May 2016. Access provided by the University of Pittsburgh