Norvelt, Pennsylvania
Norvelt, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland Homesteads | |
|---|---|
Post Office and Norvelt Union Church Mount Pleasant Road | |
| Etymology: Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Coordinates: 40°12′34″N 79°30′13″W / 40.20944°N 79.50361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Westmoreland |
| Township | Mount Pleasant |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.79 sq mi (4.64 km2) |
| • Land | 1.79 sq mi (4.64 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,010 ft (310 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 846 |
| • Density | 472.10/sq mi (182.28/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 15674 (Norvelt) |
| Area code | Area code 724 |
| School District | Mount Pleasant Area School District |
Norvelt is a census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, founded in 1934 as Westmoreland Homesteads. In 1937 it was renamed to honor Eleanor Roosevelt. The community was part of the Calumet-Norvelt CDP for the 2000 census, but was split into the two separate communities of Calumet and Norvelt for the 2010 census. Calumet was a typical company town, locally referred to as a "patch" or "patch town", built by a single company to house coal miners as cheaply as possible. On the other hand, Norvelt was created during the Great Depression by the federal government of the United States as a model community, intended to increase the standard of living of laid-off coal miners. Award-winning writer Jack Gantos was born in the village and wrote two books about it