Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

Pine Grove Mills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,141 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Pine Grove Mills is located at coord|40|44|7|N|77|53|3|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline (40.735391, -77.884043)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.3 km²), all of it land.

Pine Grove Mills is south of State College at the intersection of State Highways 26 and 45.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,141 people, 464 households, and 320 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 262.6 people per square mile (101.3/km²). There were 489 housing units at an average density of 112.5/sq mi (43.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.63% White, 0.44% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.18% of the population.

There were 464 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,321, and the median income for a family was $63,375. Males had a median income of $32,407 versus $35,690 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,822. None of the families and 3.1% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 5.0% of those over 64.

History

Thomas Ferguson, who, in 1791, bought 321 acres of land for 300 pounds in gold and silver coins, is credited with founding Pine Grove Mills. In 1800, he dammed Slab Cabin Run and built the first of the mills that would eventually give the town its name. According to local tradition, a grove of pine trees separating two of the early mills along the run, provided the rest of the name.

John Patton Jr., son of Centre Furnace ironmaster Col. John Patton, laid out the town of Pattonville at the east end of Pine Grove Mills in 1815 and the entire village went by Pattonville for a time [Pomeroy's 1874 Atlas] .

The post office, founded in 1809, was continually known as the Pine Grove Mills post office, however, and the town eventually reverted to the original name. [www.fergusontwplions.org/index_003.htm ]

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