Bolivar, PA

Bolivar is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 436 residents. The first settlers arrived in Bolivar about the year 1829 and settled between Tubmill Creek and the Conemaugh River. Most of the men were employed by the Pennsylvania Canal. A newcomer can read Bolivar through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Bolivar comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Bolivar is located on the northern border of Fairfield Township, along the Conemaugh River. Bolivar includes the canal was located on the south side of the Conemaugh River.