Official Name: | East Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | East Sharpsburg |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 40.335°N -78.3736°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Blair |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Taylor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.15 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.15 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 85 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1440.68 |
Population Density Km2: | 551.86 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1289 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 16673 (Roaring Spring) |
Area Code: | 814/582 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-21808 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2805491 |
East Sharpsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The CDP is in southern Blair County, in central Taylor Township. It is mainly on the north side of Pennsylvania Route 164, east of the borough of Roaring Spring and northwest of Martinsburg.
East Sharpsburg sits in the western part of Morrisons Cove, at the southern base of Loop Mountain. Plum Creek runs through the community, flowing northwest to Halter Creek at McKee Gap, where the creeks form a water gap between Dunning Mountain and Short Mountain, exiting Morrisons Cove. Halter Creek continues to the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River, part of the Susquehanna River watershed.