New Bedford, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
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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]
New Bedford, Pennsylvania | |
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  New Bedford Location within Pennsylvania  New Bedford Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°5′50″N 80°30′17″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lawrence County |
| Township | Pulaski |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.56 sq mi (6.62 km2) |
| • Land | 2.55 sq mi (6.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,145 ft (349 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 857 |
| • Density | 335.8/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 |
Geography
New Bedford is located in the northwestern corner of Lawrence County at 41°5′50″N 80°30′17″W (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.