Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Coalport, PA

Coalport is a borough in southern Clearfield County whose site saw the county's first settlement, when Capt. Edward Rickert settled there in 1784.

Coalport was laid out after James Haines began buying farmland in the area in 1876, and the settlement was briefly known as Reilly, after a founder of the Coalport Lumber Company established in 1880.

Coalport took its name from the coal that was floated to market on wooden rafts down adjacent Clearfield Creek, shipped from a "port" on the creek.

Coalport was incorporated as a borough in 1883, and within five years the community boasted ninety coke ovens and at least six local coal mines.

By 1901, Coalport was considered the economic center of the Glendale Valley, with a Main Street of general stores, hotels, barber shops, hardware stores, and restaurants.

The Coalport Historic District, a predominantly commercial area of late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Coalport is home to the Coalport Area Coal Museum on Forest Street, which preserves the borough's mining heritage.

Coalport had a population of 425 at the 2020 census, down from 490 people living in 223 households at the 2000 census.

Coalport covers 0.38 square miles on the east side of Clearfield Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, along Pennsylvania Route 53.

Coalport, ZIP code 16627, is the birthplace of Tim Thompson, a professional baseball catcher.