Nanty Glo is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,734 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Welsh Nant Y Glo, meaning "The Ravine (or "Brook") of Coal."GeographyNanty Glo is located in west-central Cambria County at, in the valley of the South Branch of Blacklick Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Conemaugh River and part of the Ohio River basin. Ebensburg, the Cambria County seat, is 7mi to the east, and Johnstown is to the southwest.According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Nanty Glo has a total area of 4.8km2, of which 2712sqm, or 0.06%, is water.