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==Geography== Driftwood is located in southern Cameron County at {{Coord|41|20|20|N|78|8|8|W|type:city}} (41.338836, -78.135535),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> at the confluence of the [[Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek|Bennett Branch]] and the [[Driftwood Branch Sinnemahoning Creek|Driftwood Branch]] of [[Sinnemahoning Creek]], an east-flowing tributary of the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]]. The community is at the bottom of a gorge carved {{convert|1200|ft}} deep or more into the [[Allegheny Plateau]] by the creek and its branches. [[Pennsylvania Route 120]] passes through Driftwood, following the Driftwood Branch north (upstream) {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Emporium, Pennsylvania|Emporium]], the Cameron County seat, and following Sinnemahoning Creek and the West Branch of the Susquehanna east (downstream) {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Renovo, Pennsylvania|Renovo]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 555]] leads west from Driftwood up the Bennett Branch {{convert|25|mi}} to [[Weedville, Pennsylvania|Weedville]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Driftwood has a total area of {{convert|6.6|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|6.4|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{Convert|0.2|sqkm|disp=flip|2}}, or 2.66%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4219976| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Driftwood borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 31, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150406075118/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4219976| archive-date=April 6, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref>
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