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Swedetown, Pennsylvania
(Cambria County)

Swedetown
(Westmoreland County)

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The Swedetown

(within Cambria County, State of Pennsylvania)

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Welcome to Swedetown ...

Swedetown is located in Cambria County.

Swedetown is 1,730 feet [527.3 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Swedetown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Swedetown contains a list of communities that are also named Swedetown.

Population Details ...

While we we don't have population counts for Swedetown, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Swedetown.

Communities near Swedetown ...

The following is a sample of nearby communities. Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance and not the distance as if driven.^<2>.

Community	2009 ^<3> Population	Change Since 2000	Direction		Distance
Altoona	46,287	+6.53%		SE	19 miles [30.6 km]
Bellwood	1,875	+6.99%		E	19 miles [30.6 km]
Clymer	1,418	+8.34%		W	15 miles [24.1 km]
Cresson	1,471	+9.81%		S	15 miles [24.1 km]
Ebensburg	2,901	+6.15%		S	12 miles [19.3 km]
Gallitzin	1,597	+9.05%		SE	13 miles [20.9 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Swedetown.

Search for Local Businesses ...

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Swedetown. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

Other Roadside Stops ...

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Off-the-Road Links ...

The following websites are photo collections that might contain pictures for the area around Swedetown:

Flickr.com

Panoramio.com

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Swedetown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance from Swedetown. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, private property - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swedetown) to Point B. - Return to Citation
<3>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Swedetown. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Swedetown.