Official Name: | Coupon, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Label: | Coupon |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cambria |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Gallitzin |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 40.5367°N -78.565°W |
Elevation M: | 714 |
Elevation Ft: | 2342 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 16629 |
Area Code: | 814 |
Coupon is an unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The community was originally a company town, and its name is derived from the practice of paying employees in scrip, or coupons.
Coupon is located in the northeastern part of Gallitzin Township near the eastern border of Cambria County at the crest of the Allegheny Front, the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau. It is located at 40.5367°N -78.565°W (40.5367356, -78.5150162),[1] about east of Pittsburgh and 9miles west of Altoona. It has an elevation of above sea level.
As of 2010, the Coupon ZIP code area had a population of 73.[2]
Coupon is within hiking distance of the Horseshoe Curve, and hikers are rewarded with a unique view of the National Historic Landmark that is not otherwise accessible from the visitors' center.