Casselman, PA

Casselman is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 104 residents. The final section of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line between Pittsburgh and Cumberland was completed on the afternoon of April 10, 1871, with the final rail being laid near Forge Bridge, which became a small station just west of Casselman. Casselman sits on the bank of the Casselman River, along the far eastern tip of Upper Turkeyfoot Township. A newcomer can read Casselman through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Casselman comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The accompanying map shows the area that later became the borough of Casselman, around the capital "T" in the "OOT".