Karthaus is an unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along

Pennsylvania Route 879 Pennsylvania Route 879 (PA 879) is a state highway located in Clearfield and Centre Counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 219 (US 219) and PA 729 in Grampian. The eastern terminus is at PA 144 in Snow Shoe T ...

, east-northeast of Clearfield. Karthaus has a post office with ZIP code 16845, which opened on April 24, 1826. The community was named after Peter A. Karthaus, the proprietor of a local

blast furnace A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. ''Blast'' refers to the combustion air being "forced" or supplied above atmospheric ...

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Unincorporated communities in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{ClearfieldCountyPA-geo-stub