Bowserdale Church

Bowserdale Church is a church in West Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Bowserdale Church is situated nearby to Laurel Run Dam, as well as near the village East Conemaugh.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Laurel Run Dam.

Laurel Run Dam

Dam

Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.

The Laurel Run Dam, also known as Laurel Run Dam No. 2, was an earthen embankment dam that failed during the Johnstown Flood of 1977. It had the largest reservoir of seven dams to fail between July 19 and 20, 1977 and caused the most fatalities of the two that did. Laurel Run Dam is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Bowserdale Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Conemaugh and Parkhill.

East Conemaugh

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

East Conemaugh is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, East Conemaugh had a population of 1,082. East Conemaugh is situated 3 miles southeast of Bowserdale Church.

Parkhill

Hamlet

Parkhill is an unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 271, 3.6 miles northeast of Johnstown. Parkhill has a post office, with ZIP code 15945. Parkhill is situated 3 miles southeast of Bowserdale Church.

Brownstown

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Brownstown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 744 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area and also part of Johnstown's urban area. Brownstown is situated 3½ miles south of Bowserdale Church.

Bowserdale Church

Type: Church
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: West Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.38146° or 40° 22′ 53″ north

Longitude

-78.92308° or 78° 55′ 23″ west

Elevation

1,362 feet (415 metres)

Open location code

87G393JG+HQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357278123

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

GeoNames ID

5181332

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