Editing Gallitzin, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Gallitzin is located in eastern Cambria County at {{coord|40|28|55|N|78|33|8|W|type:city}} (40.481816, -78.552336),<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> along the eastern edge of the [[Allegheny Plateau]], a highland area of hills and small streams formed differently from the [[Ridge-and-valley Appalachians]] to the east and south of the plateau's edge, the [[Allegheny Front|Allegheny Ridge]] in Pennsylvania. Sitting astride the eastern [[Continental divide]] along the edge of the Allegheny Front [[escarpment]], the immediate area is lower than other portions of the [[Appalachian Plateau]], so contains several small streams and [[freshet]]s forming the gaps of the Allegheny Escarpment to the east, where the ground falls away rapidly, forming steep terrain [[landform]]s. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.9|km2|disp=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Gallitzin has the tenth-highest elevation of towns in Pennsylvania, at {{convert|2167|ft}}.<ref>[http://www.maps-n-stats.com/us_pa_elevation.html Highest Elevation of Towns in Pennsylvania]</ref>