Rauchtown, Pennsylvania

Rauchtown, Pennsylvania
Farm in Rauchtown
Location in Clinton County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Coordinates: 41°7′22″N 77°14′9″W / 41.12278°N 77.23583°W / 41.12278; -77.23583
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesClinton, Lycoming
TownshipsCrawford, Limestone
Area
  Total
1.78 sq mi (4.62 km2)
  Land1.78 sq mi (4.62 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
889 ft (271 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
722
  Density405.16/sq mi (156.39/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17740
FIPS code42-63496
GNIS feature ID1184700

Rauchtown is a census-designated place in Crawford Township, Clinton County, and a small portion in Limestone Township, Lycoming County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census the population was 726.

Rauchtown is on Pennsylvania Route 880 on the border between southeastern Clinton County and southwestern Lycoming County, at the western end of the Nippenose Valley, between Bald Eagle Mountain to the north and Nippenose Mountain to the south. Ravensburg State Park is on the southern edge of Rauchtown, in the narrow valley of Rauchtown Creek coming out of Nippenose Mountain. PA 880 leads north (via PA 44) 7 miles (11 km) to the borough of Jersey Shore and south 6 miles (10 km) to the unincorporated community of Carroll, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Exit 192 on Interstate 80.