Editing Saxton, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Saxton is located in northwestern Bedford County at {{coord|40|12|53|N|78|14|43|W|type:city}} (40.214584, -78.245241),<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> at the northern edge of an area known as the [[Broad Top]] in the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. Saxton is located in Woodcock Valley, along the [[Raystown Branch Juniata River|Raystown Branch]] of the [[Juniata River]]. Known as "The River" locally, it supplies the town with a secondary source of drinking water. It flows into [[Raystown Lake]] just north of town. Saxton Mountain is a small, sharp ridge which rises above the town to the east, behind which is the Broad Top plateau. Approximately mile to the west of Saxton is [[Tussey Mountain]], which runs south to north.

Saxton is bordered to the west by the unincorporated community of [[Stonerstown, Pennsylvania|Stonerstown]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 913]] passes through Saxton, leading west through Stonerstown and across the Raystown Branch to end at [[Pennsylvania Route 26]], and leading east to [[Broad Top City, Pennsylvania|Broad Top City]] atop the plateau. Via PA-26, it is {{convert|22|mi}} south to [[Everett, Pennsylvania|Everett]] and {{convert|27|mi}} north to [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Saxton has a total area of {{convert|1.05|km2|disp=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200968072| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212164332/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200968072| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Saxton borough, Bedford County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref>