Scalp Level, PA

Scalp Level is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 744 residents. Scalp Level is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Windber Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. That mix gives Scalp Level a clear local shape within Pennsylvania, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Scalp Level is bordered to the south by the boroughs of Paint and Windber in Somerset County. Scalp Level is in the valley of Paint Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Stonycreek River, which flows north to form the Conemaugh River in the center of Johnstown, 7 miles northwest of Scalp Level. Scalp Level includes a historic district.