Karthaus, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Clearfield

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 16845

|area_code = 814

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Karthaus is an unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 879, {{convert|18.2|mi}} east-northeast of Clearfield. Karthaus has a post office with ZIP code 16845, which opened on April 24, 1826.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|access-date=July 25, 2017|author=United States Postal Service}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=July 25, 2017|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}} The community was named after Peter A. Karthaus, the proprietor of a local blast furnace.{{cite book|last=Espenshade|first=Abraham Howry|title=Pennsylvania Place Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012934249&view=1up&seq=303|year=1925|publisher=Evangelical Press|isbn=978-0-8063-0416-8|page=299}}