Coulter, Pennsylvania

Census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States

40°17′47″N 79°48′05″W / 40.29639°N 79.80139°W / 40.29639; -79.80139CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyAlleghenyArea

• Total0.715 sq mi (1.85 km²) • Land0.643 sq mi (1.67 km²) • Water0.072 sq mi (0.19 km²)Elevation

778 ft (237 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

15028

Area code412GNIS feature ID1172496^[1]

Coulter (also known as Coulters, formerly also Coulterville or Coultersville) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in South Versailles Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] The community is located along the Youghiogheny River, 14.3 miles (23.0 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.

The community occupies land warranted in 1787 to Eli Coulter.^[2] This land was conveyed by patent in 1855 to Margaret Coulter,^[2] who laid out a village in 1858.^[3] Coultersville was a coal mining village until early in the 20th century when the local mines were depleted and closed.^[4]

Coulter has a post office, with ZIP code 15028.^[5] Established in 1864 as Duncan, the post office was renamed Coultersville in 1894 and Coulters in 1900.^[6]

Transportation

The CSX Keystone Subdivision runs through Coulter along a former B&O line that was originally laid by the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad.

Notable people

People born in Coulter include Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney and baseball player Joe "Moon" Harris.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Coulter Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b "North & South Versailles Townships" (Map). Warrantee Atlas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Dept. of Internal Affairs. 1914. p. 14.
^ Thurston, George (1859). Directory of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Valleys: Containing Brief Historical Sketches of the Various Towns Located on Them (PDF). Pittsburgh. p. 231.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Lowe, Al (January 21, 1998). "How small is small? Pop. 515". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG South, p. S-6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
^ "Postmaster Finder: Postmasters by City: Coulters Post Office - Allegheny County, Pennsylvania". United States Postal Service. Retrieved April 21, 2021.