New Bedford, Pennsylvania Explained

New Bedford, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lawrence County
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Pulaski
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:New Bedford
Coordinates:41.0972°N -80.5047°W
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:6.62
Area Land Km2:6.61
Area Water Km2:0.01
Elevation Ft:1145
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:857
Population Density Km2:129.66
Population Density Sq Mi:335.82
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:-4
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:724
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-53192
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1193012
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:2.56
Area Land Sq Mi:2.55
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00

New Bedford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 925 at the 2010 census.[3]

Geography

New Bedford is located in the northwestern corner of Lawrence County at 41.0972°N -80.5047°W (41.0975, -80.5051),[4] in western Pulaski Township. The western edge of the CDP is the Ohio state line.

U.S. Route 422 (Ben Franklin Parkway) forms the southern edge of the CDP; the highway leads southeastward 10miles to New Castle, the Lawrence county seat, and west 8miles to Youngstown, Ohio. Pennsylvania Route 208 passes through the center of New Bedford, leading east 4miles to the village of Pulaski and Interstate 376.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the New Bedford CDP has a total area of 6.6km2, of which 0.01sqkm, or 0.14%, are water.[5] Waters in the community drain northeastward to Deer Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of the Shenango River, except for the southwesternmost part of the CDP, which drains south to Coffee Run, a tributary of the Mahoning River.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Census Population API. United States Census Bureau. Oct 12, 2022.
  3. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), New Bedford CDP, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. October 7, 2020.
  4. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
  5. Web site: 2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania. United States Census Bureau. October 7, 2020.