Clappertown is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 count ...

(CDP) in Blair County,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in eastern Blair County, in the northwestern part of Huston Township. It is in the Morrisons Cove region of the county, in the valley of Piney Creek, which flows north to the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River at

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, part of the Susquehanna River watershed.

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rises to an elevation of just west of Clappertown.

Pennsylvania Route 866 Pennsylvania Route 866 (PA 866) is a state highway located in Bedford and Blair Counties in central Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 36 in Woodbury. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Frankstown Township. Rout ...

passes through the community, leading northeast to Wiliamsburg on the Frankstown Branch, and south-southeast to Martinsburg.

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Census-designated places in Blair County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{BlairCountyPA-geo-stub