Nanty Glo is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical alrea. The population was 2,734 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Welsh Nant Y Glo, meaning "The Ravine of Coal."
An aerial view of Nanty Glo
A small section of Nanty Glo seen beyond "Lake Heisley". The pond, part of a mine water reclamation project, occupies part of what was once the above-ground works of Heisley Mine.
Coal pickers like this one could make as much as a dollar a day salvaging usable coal from the mountains of refuse, coal that the mines rejected as second-rate; this photo was taken in 1937 at Nanty Glo's Springfield Mine, and is now in the Library of Congress collection.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset counties and later organized in 1807. It was named for the nation of Wales, which in Latin is known as "Cambria". The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state.
Cambria County Courthouse, built in 1890-1891
Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, 1987
