New Bedford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 925 at the 2010 census.[3]

New Bedford, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 41°5′50″N 80°30′17″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lawrence County
Township	Pulaski
Area [1]
• Total	2.56 sq mi (6.62 km2)
• Land	2.55 sq mi (6.61 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	1,145 ft (349 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	857
• Density	335.82/sq mi (129.66/km2)
Time zone	UTC-4 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (EDT)
Area code	724
FIPS code	42-53192
GNIS feature ID	1193012

Geography

New Bedford is located in the northwestern corner of Lawrence County at 41°5′50″N 80°30′17″W (41.0975, -80.5051),[4] in western Pulaski Township. The western edge of the CDP is the Ohio state line.

U.S. Route 422 (Ben Franklin Parkway) forms the southern edge of the CDP; the highway leads southeastward 10 miles (16 km) to New Castle, the Lawrence county seat, and west 8 miles (13 km) to Youngstown, Ohio. Pennsylvania Route 208 passes through the center of New Bedford, leading east 4 miles (6 km) to the village of Pulaski and Interstate 376.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the New Bedford CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km²), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km²), or 0.14%, are water.[5] Waters in the community drain northeastward to Deer Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of the Shenango River, except for the southwesternmost part of the CDP, which drains south to Coffee Run, a tributary of the Mahoning River.

Demographics

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