Casanova is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

Centre County Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The lands ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is along the northwestern border of Centre County, in the northern part of Rush Township. It sits within a large bend of

Moshannon Creek Moshannon Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertl ...

, which borders the community to the west, north, and east. Across the creek is

Clearfield County Clearfield County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,562. The county seat is Clearfield, and the largest city is DuBois. The county was created in 1804 and later organized in 1822. C ...

, with Morris Township to the west and Cooper Township to the north and east. The unincorporated community of Munson is directly to the west across Moshannon Creek. The creek is a northeastward-flowing tributary of the

West Branch Susquehanna River The West Branch Susquehanna River is one of the two principal branches, along with the North Branch, of the Susquehanna River in the Northeastern United States. The North Branch, which rises in upstate New York, is generally regarded as the exte ...

. Casanova Road is the community's main street; it leads west across Moshannon Creek into Munson and southeast to

Pennsylvania Route 504 Pennsylvania Route 504 (PA 504) is a state highway located in Centre County, Pennsylvania, Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 53, PA 53/Pennsylvania Route 350, PA 350 in Philipsburg, Ce ...

at Black Moshannon State Park.

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