WayfarrowAlvira
Ghost town · Union County, Pennsylvania
Alvira is a ghost town in Union County, Pennsylvania. It is the only former community in Union County recorded on the federal names register, out of 102 across Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Alvira as a historical populated place on the Montoursville South topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.1342° N, 76.9552° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Montoursville South |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 631 ft |
| Nearest living town | Allenwood, PA |
| Distance to it | 3.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1197427 |
| Coordinates | 41.13425, -76.95524 |
What's there now
Alvira is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Allenwood, PA (population 354), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 631 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Fritzghost town · Lycoming County · 3.2 mi
- Factory Bridgecovered bridge · Union County · 5 mi
- Loyalsockghost town · Lycoming County · 7.3 mi
- Nippono Parkghost town · Lycoming County · 13 mi
- Gottlieb Brown Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Montour County · 13.2 mi
- Rishel Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 14.1 mi
- Hassenplug Bridgecovered bridge · Union County · 15.4 mi
- Keefer Covered Bridge No. 7covered bridge · Montour County · 15.4 mi
- Hayes Bridgecovered bridge · Union County · 16.1 mi
- Lairdsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lycoming County · 17.4 mi
- Millmont Red Bridgecovered bridge · Union County · 20.6 mi
- Keefer Station Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 21.9 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.