Spruce Creek is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Spruce Creek Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Spruce Creek Township is a township that is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 203 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area o ...

, United States. It was a stop on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, lying along Spruce Creek at its confluence with the

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. The river passes through a nearby water gap in

Tussey Mountain Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush, Dunning and Evitts Mountain ridges. Its southern foot just crosses the Mason–Dixon line near Flintstone, Maryland, running ...

downstream of the village, along with the railroad line.

History

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Spruce Creek was the location of a large

woollen mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

, but is now best known as the site of

Indian Caverns Indian Caverns was a show cave in Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania, United States from 1929-2017. It is a horizontal karst cave of Ordovician Nealmont/Benner limestone, estimated to be about 500,000 years old. It is the second-largest cave in Pennsylv ...

, which was open to the public from 1929 to 2017. Spruce Creek is also known for its world-famous

fly fishing Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure—called an artificial fly—to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly diffe ...

. Although most of Spruce Creek is private fishing, the area also holds the

, which is open to the public. Former United States Presidents

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and

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and

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All-Pro

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have made visits to fish. President Eisenhower visited while in office on May 9, 1953. President Carter visited several times during his term.

References

Unincorporated communities in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{HuntingdonCountyPA-geo-stub