Sickles Corner, Pennsylvania

Sickles Corner, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°33′12″N 78°16′47″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Blair
Township	Tyrone
Area [1]
• Total	0.15 sq mi (0.40 km^2)
• Land	0.15 sq mi (0.40 km^2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km^2)
Elevation [2]	1,181 ft (360 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	16601 (Altoona)
Area code(s)	814/582
FIPS code	42-70608
GNIS feature ID	2805561[2]

Sickles Corner is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[2]

The CDP is in northeastern Blair County, in the southwestern part of Tyrone Township. It sits at the southwestern end of Sinking Creek Valley, between two arms of Brush Mountain, rising to the west and the southeast. Kettle Road is the main route through Sickles Corner: it leads northeastward 8 miles (13 km), down the Sinking Creek Valley, to Pennsylvania Route 453 near the Little Juniata River, and southwestward through Elberta and a water gap in Brush Mountain 8 miles (13 km) to Altoona.

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sickles Corner, Pennsylvania