According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all land.

[citation needed] Because of the high number of Lithuanians and Irish in the area, there was much separation of the two nationalities.

[citation needed] This tension ultimately resulted in the forming of two separate Catholic churches; Sacred Heart (Lithuanian) and Holy Family (Irish).

The dispute was settled by the priests from Sacred Heart and Holy Family calling their respective patrons to stop fighting and buying each other a beer.

[citation needed] In 2012, the Souls Harvest Baptist Church relocated to New Philadelphia from Port Carbon.

They are now located at the corner of Kimber and Clay streets in the building that once housed a Methodist church.