Nelson is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, home to about 566 people across 11 square miles. Its ZIP code is 16940, and parts of 16920 and 16929 are in Nelson too.
All in Nelson
Mostly Elkland Borough; part is in Nelson
Mostly Lawrence Township (Tioga County); part is in Nelson
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| Nearest major airport | Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)81 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Elmira Corning Regional Airport (ELM)22 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Buffalo, NY104 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA175 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Nelson; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Nelson had 547 residents in the 2020 census, down 7% since 2000.
It’s the 2098th largest of 2,568 towns in Pennsylvania by population.
Tioga County grew from 49,086 residents in 1900 to 41,045 in 2020.
Tioga County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 81°F in summer, and winter lows average 15°F. About 37.1 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 38 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cowanesque Dam, PA weather station (4 miles away).
10,628 jobs at 868 businesses in Tioga County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Nelson.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Libraries
Counts are within about 2.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Elkland Borough, Lawrence Township (Tioga County), Lawrenceville, Jackson Township (Tioga County) and Farmington Township (Tioga County).
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.