Robindale
Ghost town · Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Robindale is a ghost town in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It is one of 3 former communities in Indiana County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Robindale as a historical populated place on the New Florence 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 40.4009° N, 79.0367° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | New Florence |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,091 ft |
| Nearest living town | Seward, PA |
| Distance to it | 1.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1209329 |
| Coordinates | 40.40090, -79.03670 |
What's there now
Robindale is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Seward, PA (population 351), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,091 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Centervilleghost town · Indiana County · 2.1 mi
- Wehrumghost town · Indiana County · 6.7 mi
- Shaffer's Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 9.1 mi
- Cokevilleghost town · Westmoreland County · 11.6 mi
- Beulaghost town · Cambria County · 14.9 mi
- Livermoreghost town · Westmoreland County · 16.2 mi
- Thomas Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Indiana County · 21 mi
- Trostletown Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 21.6 mi
- Kintersburg Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Indiana County · 21.7 mi
- Harmon's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Indiana County · 21.7 mi
- Walter's Mill Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 23.3 mi
- Trusal Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Indiana County · 24.1 mi
Questions
Where is Robindale?
Robindale is in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, at 40.4009, -79.0367.
How many ghost towns are in Indiana County?
Indiana County, Pennsylvania has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- 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.