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Scalp Level is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 778 at the 2010 census.

Scalp Level borough overview:
Name:	Scalp Level borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Cambria County
Incorporated:	1898
Elevation:	1,703 ft (519 m)
Total Area:	0.66 sq mi (1.71 km²)
Land Area:	0.66 sq mi (1.71 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	778
Population Density:	1,062.22/sq mi (410.16/km²)
Area code:	814
FIPS code:	4268104
GNISfeature ID:	1215033

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History

According to tradition, the town site was so named after a local property owner ordered his farmhands to “scalp them bushes level”.

The Windber Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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Geography

Scalp Level is located on the southern border of Cambria County at 40°15′4″N 78°50′23″W / 40.25111°N 78.83972°W / 40.25111; -78.83972 (40.250976, -78.839813). It is bordered to the south by the boroughs of Paint and Windber in Somerset County. It 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 (11 km) northwest of Scalp Level.

U.S. Route 219, a four-lane expressway, passes 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Scalp Level, leading southwest 24 miles (39 km) to Somerset and northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Ebensburg, the Cambria County seat. Pennsylvania Route 56 runs through the center of Scalp Level and leads southeast 31 miles (50 km) to Bedford.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Scalp Level has a total area of 0.66 square miles (1.7 km), all land.