West Decatur, Pennsylvania

West Decatur is an unincorporated community and census-designated place^[1] in Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies along Blue Ball Road just south of U.S. Route 322 between Wallaceton and Philipsburg.^[2] It was also known as Blue Ball, for the nearby blue ball clay deposits,^[3] but the local post office received the name West Decatur.^[4]

West Decatur lies along the old Philipsburg and Susquehanna Turnpike, which was part of a through route between Philadelphia and Erie, and is thus now called Old Erie Pike. The community was also on the Clearfield Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, opened by the Tyrone and Clearfield Railway in mid-1868 from Philipsburg to Blue Ball, and extended to Clearfield in 1869.^[5] Successor Conrail sold it to R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines in 1996, but it has since been abandoned. As of the 2010 census the population of West Decatur was 533.^[6]

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Municipalities and communities of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Clearfield City DuBois Boroughs Brisbin Burnside Chester Hill Clearfield Coalport Curwensville Falls Creek‡ Glen Hope Grampian Houtzdale Irvona Mahaffey New Washington Newburg Osceola Mills Ramey Troutville Wallaceton Westover Townships Beccaria Bell Bigler Bloom Boggs Bradford Brady Burnside Chest Cooper Covington Decatur Ferguson Girard Goshen Graham Greenwood Gulich Huston Jordan Karthaus Knox Lawrence Morris Penn Pike Pine Sandy Union Woodward CDPs Allport Bigler Grassflat Hawk Run Hyde Kylertown Morrisdale Oklahoma Plymptonville Sandy Treasure Lake West Decatur Unincorporated communities Helvetia Lumber City Luthersburg Oak Ridge Penfield Rockton Sylvan Grove Viola Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°55′40″N 78°16′50″W / 40.92778°N 78.28056°W / 40.92778; -78.28056