Editing Hydetown, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Engine 2 Hydetown PA (b413244ef4 o).jpg|thumb|right|Fire Engine 2, Hydetown Volunteer Fire Department seen at the 2011 [[Titusville, Pennsylvania|Titusville]] Oil Parade]]
Hydetown is located in eastern Crawford County at {{coord|41|39|8|N|79|43|33|W|type:city}} (41.652312, -79.725872).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is surrounded by [[Oil Creek Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Oil Creek Township]], a separate municipality. [[Pennsylvania Route 8]] passes through the borough, leading southeast {{convert|3|mi|0}} to [[Titusville, Pennsylvania|Titusville]] and north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Centerville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Centerville]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 408]] leads west {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Townville, Pennsylvania|Townville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|5.8|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Natural features===
Hydetown Borough is located just south of the southern terminal moraine for glaciation in northwestern Pennsylvania.  The borough is drained by [[Oil Creek (Allegheny River)|Oil Creek]], a southward-flowing tributary of the [[Allegheny River]], which runs through the northwestern and southwestern sides of the borough and [[Thompson Creek (Oil Creek tributary)|Thompson Creek]], which enters from the northeast and joins the main creek southwest of the borough center.  The lowest elevation in Hydetown is {{convert|1,220|ft|abbr=on}} where Oil Creek flows south out of the borough.  The highest elevation is {{convert|1,560|ft|abbr=on}} at the eastern borough boundary.<ref name="USGSTopoview"/>