Official Name: | Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Borough |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Label: | Ehrenfeld |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cambria |
Government Type: | Borough council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Established Date1: | 1956 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.15 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.12 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.45 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.43 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 203 |
Population Density Km2: | 181.95 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 471.00 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 40.3722°N -78.7764°W |
Elevation Ft: | 1683 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 15956 |
Area Code: | 814 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-22712 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1215019 |
Ehrenfeld is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 228 at the 2010 census.[2] It once was nicknamed "Scooptown".[3]
Ehrenfeld is located in south-central Cambria County at 40.3722°N -78.7764°W (40.372273, -78.776394),[4] in the valley of the Little Conemaugh River. It is bordered to the east by the borough of Summerhill and to the southwest by the borough of South Fork. U.S. Route 219 passes through the eastern part of Ehrenfeld, with access from one exit (Pennsylvania Route 53). US 219 leads north to Ebensburg, the county seat, and southwest to Somerset. Johnstown, the largest city in Cambria County, is to the southwest via US 219 and Pennsylvania Route 56.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Ehrenfeld has a total area of 1.15km2, of which 1.12km2 is land and 0.03km2, or 2.98%, is water.[2]
As of 2021, there were 184 people in the borough.[5] The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% White.
In 1901, General Electric Company built the first alternating current power plant at Ehrenfeld. The plant, designed to eliminate the difficulties in long-distance direct current transmission, was built for the Webster Coal and Coke Company.[6]
Actor Charles Bronson was born and raised in Ehrenfeld.