New Bedford, Pennsylvania

New Bedford, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
New Bedford is located in Pennsylvania
New Bedford
New Bedford
New Bedford is located in the United States
New Bedford
New Bedford
Coordinates: 41°5′50″N 80°30′17″W / 41.09722°N 80.50472°W / 41.09722; -80.50472
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyLawrence County
TownshipPulaski
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.56 sq mi (6.62 km2)
 • Land2.55 sq mi (6.61 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
1,145 ft (349 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
857
 • Density335.82/sq mi (129.66/km2)
Time zoneUTC-4 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (EDT)
Area code724
FIPS code42-53192
GNIS feature ID1193012

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°5′50″N 80°30′17″W / 41.09722°N 80.50472°W / 41.09722; -80.50472 (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 10 miles (16 km) to New Castle, the Lawrence county seat, and west 8 miles (13 km) to Youngstown, Ohio. Pennsylvania Route 208 passes through the center of New Bedford, leading east 4 miles (6 km) to the village of Pulaski and Interstate 376.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the New Bedford CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), 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.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020857—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), New Bedford CDP, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  5. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.