Huntingdon is a borough in (and the

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of)

Huntingdon County Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by John, King of England, King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cr ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. It is located along the

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, approximately east of Altoona and west of

Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the List of c ...

. With a population of 7,093 at the 2010 census, it is the largest population center near

Raystown Lake Raystown Lake is a reservoir in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the largest lake that is entirely within Pennsylvania. The original lake was built by the Simpson family of Huntingdon as a hydroelectric project. The current Raystown Lake ...

, a winding, flood-control reservoir managed by the

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. The borough is located on the main line of the

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(formerly Pennsylvania) Railway, in an agricultural and outdoor recreational region with extensive forests and scattered deposits of ganister rock, coal,

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, and limestone. Historically, the region surrounding Huntingdon was dotted with iron furnaces and forges, consuming limestone, iron ore and wood (for charcoal production) throughout the 19th century. Dairy farms dominate the local agriculture. The town is a regular stop for the

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passenger service which connects Harrisburg with

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. Huntingdon is home to

Juniata College Juniata College is a private liberal arts college in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1876 as a co-educational school, it was the first college started by members of the Church of the Brethren as a center for vocational learning for those wh ...

, a private liberal arts college founded by members of the

Church of the Brethren The Church of the Brethren is an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the Schwarzenau Brethren (german: link=no, Schwarzenauer Neutäufer "Schwarzenau New Baptists") tradition that was organized in 1708 by Alexander Mack in Schwarzenau, Germa ...

in 1876.

History

The original inhabitants of Huntingdon and neighboring counties were the

Susquehannock The Susquehannock people, also called the Conestoga by some English settlers or Andastes were Iroquoian Native Americans who lived in areas adjacent to the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, ranging from its upper reaches in the southern p ...

. Through a combination of ongoing war with other indigenous nations, such as the

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, disease brought by Europeans, and violence from settlers, the Susquehannock are currently thought to have been entirely wiped out or subsumed by other tribes. In 1768, Rev. Dr. William Smith began selling lots on the Standing Stone Tract along the Juniata, land he had recently acquired. The tracts' two prior owners had not attempted to lay out a town, so Dr. Smith is considered the founder. Huntingdon (the name by which he eventually called his town) sits at the site of corn fields that had been cultivated at a date now unknown, next to where

Standing Stone Creek Standing Stone Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Juniata River in Huntingdon and Centre counties, Pennsylvania, in the United Stat ...

flows into the Juniata River. The 100th anniversary of its incorporation was marked by the erection of a "Standing Stone Monument" on Third Street, modeled on a tall, narrow shaft known to have existed before 1750, whose purpose is unclear but may have served as a trail marker. It may be significant that natural sandstone formations (popularly called Pulpit Rocks), which "stand erect", are on a nearby ridge. A story surfaced during the early 19th century that Smith had renamed Standing Stone Settlement to honor an Englishwoman,

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (24 August 1707 – 17 June 1791) was an English religious leader who played a prominent part in the religious revival of the 18th century and the Methodist movement in England and Wales. She founded an ...

. Smith's descendants vehemently denied the story, and there exists no evidence to support it, despite a wide circulation in published sources. More likely, the Anglican cleric named it after the town of the same name in England; doing so had become a pattern for naming Pennsylvania settlements,

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...

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and

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being nearby examples of the trend. In 1796, the little village was incorporated as a borough. Huntingdon long served as the junction of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad with the

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

, and as an important port on the

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of the Pennsylvania Canal. In past years, Huntingdon boasted of manufacturers of flour, heavy machinery, radiators, furniture, stationery, woolen goods, shirts, shoes, electronic components, finished lumber, fiberglass yarn, matting and underground storage tanks. In the 19th century, J. C. Blair, a native of

Shade Gap Shade Gap is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 105 at the 2010 census. Geography Shade Gap is located in southeastern Huntingdon County at (40.180107, -77.865434). It sits at the eastern base of Shad ...

and a stationer and businessman, popularized the writing tablet and began marketing it nationwide. His factory in downtown Huntingdon was later relocated to nearby

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

. Huntingdon's Herncane Broom Factory was founded in 1863 by Benjamin F. Herncane. The 1897 ''Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley'' reported that the factory's output was twenty-five dozens per day and furnished "all the brooms used by the

Pennsylvania Railroad Company The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

." The company employed 14 workers and 3 traveling salesman. The building stood on Fourteenth Street from number 1416 to 1422. On 27 February 1903, the Everett Press reported that the "Herncane Broom Factory of Huntingdon was destroyed by fire last Saturday night. Loss about $1500." Brothers Walter S. and George B. Herncane, who worked with their father at the broom factory, went on to found the Herncane Bros. general store, which stood at the corner of 6th and Washington. The vicinity (but not much of the town proper) has been the subject of repeated flooding, in 1889, in 1936, and again in 1972. More recently in 2004,

Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlan ...

resulted in major flooding close to Huntingdon, the worst since the remnants of

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stalled over the region in July 1972. The Huntingdon Borough Historic District was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1986. St Johns Episcopal Huntingdon PA.jpg, St. Johns Episcopal Church Huntingdon Co PA Shieriff's Office.jpg, Huntingdon County Sheriff's Office 4th and Washington Huntingdon PA.jpg, Mutual Benefit Building at 4th and Washington streets Huntingdon Post Office PA.jpg, Post office From June 8 to 11, 2017, Huntingdon celebrated its 250th anniversary.

Geography

Huntingdon is located north of the center of Huntingdon County at (40.495187, -78.013147), on the northeast side of the

, an east-flowing major tributary of the

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. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.50%, are water.

Adjacent municipalities

The following municipalities are also located in Huntingdon County, bordering on the borough: * Smithfield Township to the south and west, across the Juniata River * Henderson Township to the east * Oneida Township to the north and east

Climate

Huntingdon has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

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''Dfa''), with warm summers and moderately cold winters.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 7,093 people, 2,674 households, and 1,461 families residing in the borough. The

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was 2,026.6 people per square mile (779.5/km²). There were 2,911 housing units at an average density of 831.7 per square mile (319.9/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 94.61%

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, 1.93% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 1.51%

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, 0.31% from

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, and 1.56% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.49% of the population. There were 2,674 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were

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living together, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.4% were non-families. 38.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.82. In the borough the population was spread out, with 17.7% under the age of 18, 24.4% from 18 to 24, 19.1% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $35,057, and the median income for a family was $54,621. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the borough was $19,070. About 6.3% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the

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, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

Recreation

In adjoining Smithfield Township (across the Juniata River) are the regional headquarters of the Pennsylvania Game Commission (Southcentral Division) and the Bureau of Forestry (Rothrock State Forest). State Game Lands 322 extends north from Huntingdon Borough in the direction of Petersburg. Public parks are the George N. Weaver Memorial Park (ball field and playground) at the end of 16th Street, Portstown Park along the Juniata River, and Blair Field bordering Standing Stone Creek. Historic Blair Park, directly across the same stream, is owned and managed by a nonprofit group; it contains a gazebo and a level hiking and biking trail. A vintage chapel within the park is used by the congregation of Epiphany of Our Lord Orthodox Church. Huntingdon is the nearest town to the Allegrippis Trail system, ranked 15th on the list of "The BEST Mountain Bike Trails in the World."

Rankings

In 2009, Huntingdon was named by ''Budget Travel'' magazine's readers as the 5th Coolest Small Town in the United States. Results were announced on ''

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'' on April 15, 2009, by ''Budget Travels editor in chief Nina Willdorf and show host Harry Smith. In 2015, Huntingdon was chosen by ''Niche.com'' as the 7th Best City to Retire in Pennsylvania.

Education

Higher education

(1700 Moore Street)

Public education

Huntingdon Area Senior High School Huntingdon Area Senior High School is a public high school, located in Huntingdon Borough, Pennsylvania, that educates about 800 students in grades in the Huntingdon Area School District. History The current school, located at 2400 Cassady Av ...

- opened in 1960 (renovated 2004) - Grades 9-12 (2400 Cassady Avenue) * Huntingdon Area Middle School - opened in 2012 - Grades 6-8 (2500 Cassady Avenue) * Southside Elementary School - opened in 1997 - Grades K-5 (10906 Station Road) * Standing Stone Elementary School - opened in 1999 - Grades K-5 (10 West 29th Street)

Private education

* Calvary Christian Academy - Grades K-12 (300 Standing Stone Avenue)

Public services

Emergency services

* Huntingdon Borough Police Department (530 Washington Street) * Huntingdon Ambulance Services (530 Washington Street) * Huntingdon County Sheriff's Office (241 Mifflin Street)

Health care

* J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital (1225 Warm Springs Avenue) * J.C. Blair Convenient Care Center (7651 Raystown Shopping Center Drive) * Huntingdon Health & Wellness Association (HHWA) (313 Fourth Street) * Huntingdon Health Care, Inc. (814 Washington Street)

Postal services

* Huntingdon Post Office (401 Washington Street) * Huntingdon Post Office at Juniata College (1700 Moore Street)

Public library

* Huntingdon County Library (330 Penn Street)

Transportation

* Huntingdon station (Amtrak) (Fourth & Allegheny streets)

Water source

The source of the city water for Huntingdon borough and Smithfield Township is

, with the water treatment facility being located in the east end of the borough.

Media

Newspapers

* ''The Daily News'' * ''The Valley Log''

Radio

Huntingdon's only radio stations are WHUN WOWY 103.5 FM, Bigfoot Country 106.3 FM, but radio broadcasts from other markets can also be heard:

Television

Huntingdon receives all television programming from the Johnstown- Altoona- State College media market.

Annual events

* Mayfest - historically-themed festival covering five city blocks in downtown Huntingdon, held annually on last Saturday of April *

Memorial Day Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have fought and died while serving in the United States armed forces. It is observed on the last Monda ...

parade - held annually on last Monday of May (Memorial Day observed) * Hauntingdon – compilation of events leading up to Halloween, such as the annual Halloween parade and trick or treat night *

Veterans Day Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than di ...

Parade - during the month of November to honor veterans * Tree Lighting Ceremony - during the first week of December at the 700 block of Washington Street *

Christmas Parade Santa Claus parades, also called Christmas parades, are parades held in some countries to celebrate the official opening of the Christmas season with the arrival of Santa Claus who always appears in the last float. The parades usually include them ...

- held on a Saturday night during the month of December * Cultural District Walking Tours – free tours provided by volunteers during the summer months

Non-profit organizations

Rotary Club Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. Its stated mission is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through hefellowship of business, profe ...

of Huntingdon (10305 Raystown Road) *

Kiwanis Club Kiwanis International ( ) is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and is found in more than 80 nations and geographic areas. Since 1987, the organizatio ...

of Huntingdon (2506 Shadyside Avenue) * Stone Creek Valley

Lions Club The International Association of Lions Clubs, more commonly known as Lions Clubs International, is an international non-political service organization established originally in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , ...

(5303 Cold Springs Road) *

The Salvation Army The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestant church and an international charitable organisation headquartered in London, England. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7million, comprising soldiers, officers and adherents col ...

(2514 Shadyside Avenue) * Huntingdon Food Pantry (5th & Mifflin streets) * Huntingdon House Domestic Violence Shelter (401 7th Street) * Huntingdon County Humane Society (11371 School House Hollow Road)

Residents and former residents

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(1859–1929), American author, newspaper editor, songbook compiler, hymnwriter *

Stan Belinda Stanley Peter Belinda (born August 6, 1966) is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher who also batted right-handed, Belinda is tall and weighs 187 pounds. He pitched from a three-quarters arm slot (sometimes categor ...

, former right-handed pitcher for the

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. *

Jackson Berkey Jackson Berkey (born May 24, 1942) is an American composer, pianist and singer, best known for his work with Mannheim Steamroller, which he co-founded with Chip Davis in 1974. Early life and education Berkey was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania ...

, composer, pianist and singer, best known for his work with

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* Hugh Brady, military commander * Joseph Dysart, Iowa farmer and politician *

Christina Crosby Christina Crosby (2 September 1953 – 5 January 2021) was an American scholar and writer, with particular interests in 19th-century British literature and disability studies. She is the author of ''The Ends of History: Victorians and "The Woman' ...

, author, professor *

Jean Geissinger Jean Louise Geissinger (later Harding; June 25, 1934 – June 8, 2014) was an infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Fort Wayne Daisies (1951-1952 'start'' 1953–1 ...

, professional baseball player * Chuck Knox, football coach with NFL's

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, and

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; attended Juniata College and married a Huntingdon native *

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, game show host *

Horace Porter Horace Porter (April 15, 1837May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ul ...

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general and US diplomat * Chris Raschka, children's books artist and author *

Joseph Saxton Joseph Saxton (March 22, 1799 – October 26, 1873) was an American inventor, watchmaker, machinist, and photographer from Pennsylvania. A daguerrotype taken by Saxton in 1839 is the oldest known photograph taken in the United States. Early life ...

(1799–1873), inventor, watchmaker, machinist, and took oldest known photograph (

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) in the US * Richard Murray Simpson, U.S. congressman *

William Rudolph Smith William Rudolph Smith (August 31, 1787August 22, 1868) was an American lawyer, politician, pioneer, and historian from Pennsylvania who served as the 5th Attorney General of Wisconsin and the first President of the Wisconsin Historical Society. ...

(1787-1868), Pennsylvania State Representative and Senator, Attorney General of Wisconsin *

Robert Elliott Speer Robert Elliott Speer (10 September 1867 – 23 November 1947) was an American Presbyterian religious leader and an authority on missions. Biography He was born at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on 10 September 1867. He graduated from Phillips Academy ...

, religious leader * William Andrew Wallace (1827-1892), U.S. Senator and Pennsylvania State Senator *

Curtis Wright Curtis Blaine Wright (born June 6, 1955) is an American country music artist. He first recorded in the 1980s as a member of the Super Grit Cowboy Band before becoming a solo artist in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wright charted three singles ...

, country songwriter and former member of

Shenandoah (band) Shenandoah is an American country music band founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in 1984 by Marty Raybon (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Ralph Ezell (bass guitar, backing vocals), Stan Thorn (keyboards, backing vocals), Jim Seales (lead guitar, ...

Samuel Zimmerman Samuel Zimmerman (7 March 1815 – 12 March 1857) was a Canadian railway promoter and entrepreneur instrumental in the construction of the Great Western Railway of Upper Canada. Biography Zimmerman was born in 1815 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvani ...

, American-born Canadian railway builder, businessman, founder of

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*Ernest B. Heine Jr. (1928-2021), Huntingdon County business owner

References

External links

Borough of Huntingdon official website

Community website
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