Broad Ford
Broadford, or Broad Ford, is an unincorporated community in Connellsville Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Broadford”, “Broadford, Pennsylvania”, and “Tyrone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Connellsville station and Carnegie Free Library.
Connellsville station
Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Connellsville station is an Amtrak train station in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States. It is served by the daily Floridian. Connellsville station is situated 2 miles southeast of Broad Ford.
Carnegie Free Library
Library
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Carnegie Free Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was designed and built in 1901, with funds partly provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie Free Library is situated 2½ miles southeast of Broad Ford.
Memorial Bridge
Bridge
The Memorial Bridge is a structure that crosses the Youghiogheny River, connecting the eastern and western shores of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, US. The bridge was constructed in 1952 as part of a new routing a U.S. Route 119 on a four-lane highway around the city center. Memorial Bridge is situated 2 miles south of Broad Ford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Owensdale and Connellsville.
Owensdale
Hamlet
Owensdale is a small town in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is located in the northern part of Fayette County, just north of Connellsville. Owensdale sits in the middle of rich coal fields, which played a huge part in the town's past. Owensdale is situated 2 miles north of Broad Ford.
Connellsville
Photo: Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Connellsville is a city in Fayette County, and a gateway via 711 to the Laurel Highlands recreational areas of Ohiopyle and Seven Springs Ski Resort and Conference Center.
Moyer
Hamlet
Moyer is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 119 near its intersection with Pennsylvania Route 982, 2.5 miles north-northeast of Connellsville. Moyer is situated 2½ miles east of Broad Ford.
Broad Ford
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.0473° or 40° 2′ 50″ northLongitude
-79.60837° or 79° 36′ 30″ westElevation
863 feet (263 metres)Open location code
87G229WR+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 157643041OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Broad Ford” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Broadford”
- Irish: “Broadford”
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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 “Broad Ford”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.