Avella
Avella is a census-designated place in Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 804 residents. It is located at 40.27° north & 80.45° west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 804 residents
- Description: census designated place in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Avella, PA” and “Avella, Pennsylvania”
- Postal code: 15312
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meadowcroft Rockshelter.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Archaeological site
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site which is located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek, and contains evidence that the area may have been continually inhabited for at least 16,000 years and up to 19,000 years. Meadowcroft Rockshelter is situated 2 miles northwest of Avella.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include P and W Patch and Studa.
P and W Patch
Hamlet
Avella is a census-designated place in Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 804 residents. It is located at 40.27° north & 80.45° west.
Studa
Hamlet
Studa is an unincorporated community in Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 2 miles north of Avella, and 6 miles south-southwest of Burgettstown. Studa is situated 2 miles north of Avella.
Virginville
Hamlet
Virginville is an unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. Virginville is located near the Pennsylvania border, 4.5 miles southeast of Follansbee. Virginville is situated 3½ miles west of Avella.
Avella
Latitude
40.27507° or 40° 16′ 30″ northLongitude
-80.46062° or 80° 27′ 38″ westPopulation
804Elevation
925 feet (282 metres)Open location code
86GX7GGQ+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 154050546OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5178728Wikidata ID
Q790383
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Avella” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Avella”
- Chechen: “Авелла”
- French: “Avella”
- German: “Avella”
- Gilaki: “اولا (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “اولا”
- Irish: “Avella”
- Italian: “Avella”
- Ladin: “Avella”
- Malagasy: “Avella, Pennsylvania”
- Malagasy: “Avella”
- Persian: “آولا، پنسیلوانیا”
- Persian: “آولا”
- Serbian: “Avella”
- Serbian: “Авела”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Avella, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Avella”
- South Azerbaijani: “آولا، پنسیلوانیا”
- Spanish: “Avella”
- Tatar: “Авелла”
- Turkish: “Avella, PA”
- Turkish: “Avella”
- Ukrainian: “Авелла”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Avella Highlands and Browntown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avella Post Office and Avella Volunteer Fire Department Station 35.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Avella”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.