West Decatur, PA

West Decatur is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 453 residents. West Decatur lies in the southeast corner of Boggs Township along Blue Ball Road just south of U.S. Route 322 between Wallaceton and Philipsburg. West Decatur was also known as Blue Ball, for the nearby blue ball clay deposits, but the local post office received the name West Decatur. That mix gives West Decatur 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. West Decatur lies along the old Philipsburg and Susquehanna Turnpike, which was part of a through route between Philadelphia and Erie, and is thus now called Old Erie Pike.