New Castle, Pennsylvania

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New Castle, Pennsylvania
City
Zambelli Plaza in New Castle
Nicknames:  Fireworks Capital of America, Hot Dog Capital of the World, Little New York City
Location of New Castle in Lawrence County and the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Coordinates: 40°59′50″N 80°20′40″W / 40.99722°N 80.34444°W / 40.99722; -80.34444
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lawrence
Established	1798
Incorporated	1869 (city)
Government
• Type	Home Rule Charter
• Mayor	Christopher C. Frye, Jr. (R)
Area [1]
• City	8.54 sq mi (22.13 km2)
• Land	8.31 sq mi (21.52 km2)
• Water	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2)  2.81%
Highest elevation [a]	1,204 ft (367 m)
Lowest elevation [b]	758 ft (231 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• City	21,926
• Density	2,639.46/sq mi (1,019.09/km2)
• Metro	86,070
	[4]
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	6 total ZIP codes: 16101, 16102, 16103, 16105, 16107, 16108
Area code(s)	724, 878
FIPS code	42-53368
Website	www.newcastlepa.org

New Castle is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along the Shenango River at the mouth of Neshannock Creek, it is 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Pittsburgh near the Pennsylvania–Ohio border, approximately 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Youngstown, Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 21,926.^[4] The commercial center of a fertile agricultural region, New Castle is included in the northwestern part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.^[5]

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