Coulter, PA

Coulter is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in South Versailles Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The community occupies land warranted in 1787 to Eli Coulter. This land was conveyed by patent in 1855 to Margaret Coulter, who laid out a village in 1858. In Coulter, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Coulter, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Coultersville was a coal mining village until early in the 20th century when the local mines were depleted and closed.