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Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
St. Alban's Anglican Church in the village
St. Alban's Anglican Church in the village
Location within Centre County
Location within Centre County
Pine Grove Mills is located in Pennsylvania
Pine Grove Mills
Pine Grove Mills
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°44′7″N 77°53′3″W / 40.73528°N 77.88417°W / 40.73528; -77.88417Coordinates: 40°44′7″N 77°53′3″W / 40.73528°N 77.88417°W / 40.73528; -77.88417
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 / 40.73528; -77.88417 (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.


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