Struble, Pennsylvania

Struble, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Apartments and an East Asian Market in Struble
Apartments and an East Asian Market in Struble
Struble is located in Pennsylvania
Struble
Struble
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Struble is located in the United States
Struble
Struble
Struble (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°46′58″N 77°52′34″W / 40.78278°N 77.87611°W / 40.78278; -77.87611
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCentre
TownshipFerguson
Elevation
1,158 ft (353 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1188893[1]

Struble is a neighborhood and an unincorporated community in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley. The neighborhood is to the east of Pine Hall, and west of the West End in State College.[2]

The town was named after Conrad Struble, who owned a farm there which proved to lie over rich deposits of iron ore.[3] Mining began in 1880. The Bellefonte and Buffalo Run Railroad graded a right-of-way from Bellefonte to the ore pits in 1883, but track was not laid until 1887, by its successor the Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad.[4] Even after the end of ore mining, Struble remained an important junction point on the railroad, now the Bellefonte Central.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Struble, Pennsylvania
  2. ^ "FERGUSON SECOND CLASS TOWNSHIP MAP" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
  3. ^ "Conrad Struble". Retrieved January 28, 2007.
  4. ^ Rudnicki, Jack; Bezilla, Mike (2001). "From Iron Ore to Limestone and Lime...to Nothing". National Railway Bulletin. 66 (2): 4–33.


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