Welcome to Bitumen ...

Bitumen is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bitumen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Bitumen is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bitumen lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Bitumen: (570)

Websites for Bitumen ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.clintoncountyinfo.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bitumen, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Bitumen ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bitumen.

• Renovo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renovo
  • Renovo is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Renovo <3>
• Snow Shoe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Shoe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Shoe
  • Snow Shoe is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snow Shoe <3>
• Beech Creek
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beech Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
  • Beech Creek is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 685 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beech Creek <3>
• South Renovo
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Renovo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Renovo
  • South Renovo is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
• Driftwood
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
  • Driftwood is located in Cameron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driftwood <3>
• Farwell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • Farwell is located in Clinton County
• Hammersley Fork
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammersley Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
  • Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
• North Bend
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
  • North Bend is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Bend <3>
• Pottersdale
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
  • Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
• Huntley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
  • Huntley is located in Cameron County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bitumen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bitumen.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bitumen. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bitumen.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bitumen. See our Newspapers Page for Bitumen.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bitumen ...

Looking for more information about Bitumen? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bitumen, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bitumen.

Adding Bitumen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bitumen in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bitumen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bitumen post office opened in 1888.

We also found Bitumen in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bitumen.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bitumen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clinton County: www.clintoncountypa.com/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/