Struble is an
unincorporated community
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in
Ferguson Township,
Centre County
Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The lands ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, United States.
The town was named after Conrad Struble, who owned a farm there which proved to lie over rich deposits of
iron ore.
Mining began in 1880. The
Bellefonte and Buffalo Run Railroad graded a
right-of-way
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A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...
from
Bellefonte to the ore pits in 1883, but track was not laid until 1887, by its successor the
Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad.
Even after the end of ore mining, Struble remained an important junction point on the railroad, now the
Bellefonte Central.
Struble is bordered to the northeast by the borough of
State College.
References
Unincorporated communities in Centre County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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