Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania | |
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Census-designated place | |
St. Alban's Anglican Church in the village
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Location within Centre County |
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Location within the state of Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°44′7″N 77°53′3″W / 40.73528°N 77.88417°WCoordinates: 40°44′7″N 77°53′3″W / 40.73528°N 77.88417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Centre |
Township | Ferguson |
Area | |
• Total | 2.51 sq mi (6.49 km2) |
• Land | 2.51 sq mi (6.49 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,502 |
• Density | 600/sq mi (231.6/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 16868 |
Area code(s) | 814 |
FIPS code | 42-60496 |
GNIS feature ID | 1183816 |
Pine Grove Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,502 at the 2010 census.
Pine Grove Mills is located in southern Centre County at 40°44′7″N 77°53′3″W / 40.73528°N 77.88417°W (40.735391, -77.884043), near the southern border of Ferguson Township, which is the Centre County/Huntingdon County line. The town is in the Nittany Valley at the base of Tussey Mountain, a long ridge that in part forms the southern edge of the valley.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.51 square miles (6.49 km2), all of it land.
Pine Grove Mills is 5 miles (8 km) south of State College at the intersection of State Highways 26 and 45. PA 26 turns south to cross Tussey Mountain into Huntingdon County, while PA 45 continues southwest in the valley, also entering Huntingdon County.