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Huntingdon is a borough in and county seat of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, in the Middle Atlantic states region of the Northeastern United States.It is located along the Juniata River, approximately 32 miles (51 km) east of larger Altoona and 92 miles (148 km) west of the state capital of Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River.
William Wagner (1796–1885), founder of the Wagner Free Institute of Science; Charles F. Warwick (1852–1913), author, lawyer, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Philadelphia 1895–1899
Adele Warden Paxson (1913 – December 27, 2000) was an American socialite, philanthropist, conservationist, and a champion breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.. Born Adele Corning Warden, she was the daughter of Helen Corning and her husband Clarence Warden.
Location of Huntingdon County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National ...
Penn Township is a township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,078 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The township includes the village of Hesston and the Seven Points Marina of Raystown Lake .
Huntingdon County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,092. [1] Its county seat is Huntingdon. [2] The county was created on September 20, 1787, mainly from the northern part of Bedford County, plus an addition of territory on the east (Big Valley, Tuscarora Valley) from Cumberland County.
Most of the township is made up of small farming communities (e.g., Cambra, Harveyville, Huntington Mills, and Waterton). It is bordered to the south by Huntington Mountain. Huntington Creek flows through the center of the municipality. The only major route in the township is PA 239.
The Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad ceased operation on March 31, 1954. In the 1970s, the Raystown Lake Dam was built to control the flood waters on the Juniata River . Through eminent domain, all of the families who lived in the valley of the Raystown Branch and on surrounding mountain ridges were removed.