New Bedford, Pennsylvania

New Bedford, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 41°5′50″N80°30′17″W / 41.09722°N 80.50472°W / 41.09722; -80.50472
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lawrence County
Township	Pulaski
Area [1]
• Total	2.56 sq mi (6.62 km2)
• Land	2.55 sq mi (6.61 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	1,145 ft (349 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	857
• Density	335.82/sq mi (129.66/km2)
Time zone	UTC-4 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (EDT)
Area code	724
FIPS code	42-53192
GNIS feature ID	1193012

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″N80°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

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	857		—
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.