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Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania

Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Pleasant Gap as seen from Big Rock
Pleasant Gap as seen from Big Rock
Location within Centre County
Location within Centre County
Pleasant Gap is located in Pennsylvania
Pleasant Gap
Pleasant Gap
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°52′1″N 77°44′37″W / 40.86694°N 77.74361°W / 40.86694; -77.74361Coordinates: 40°52′1″N 77°44′37″W / 40.86694°N 77.74361°W / 40.86694; -77.74361
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Centre
Townships Spring, Benner
Area
 • Total 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km2)
 • Land 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 1,020 ft (310 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,879
 • Density 1,782/sq mi (688.1/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 16823
Area code(s) 814
FIPS code 42-61232
GNIS code 1184007

Pleasant Gap is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,879 at the 2010 census.

Pleasant Gap is located south of the center of Centre County at 40°52′1″N 77°44′37″W / 40.86694°N 77.74361°W / 40.86694; -77.74361 (40.866926, -77.743539). It is primarily in southern Spring Township, with a small part extending west into Benner Township. The community is located in the Nittany Valley, along the northwestern base of Nittany Mountain. Gap Run flows off the mountain through the physical Pleasant Gap and continues through the town, entering the Logan Branch, a north-flowing tributary of Spring Creek, on the northwest side of town.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Pleasant Gap CDP has a total area of 1.63 square miles (4.21 km2), all of it land.

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,879 people, 1,198 households, and 794 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,818.7 people per square mile (702.2/km²). There were 1,238 housing units at an average density of 782.1/sq mi (302.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.7% White, 1.9% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population.


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