Allenport is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Huntingdon County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 44,092. Its county seat is Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Hu ...

, United States. It lies southeast of Mount Union on the

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in Shirley Township. The population was 648 as of the 2010 census. Allenport is the location of the Riverview Business Center, home of manufacturing facilities for

Bonney Forge Bonney Forge was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876 by Charles S. Bonney. Originally Bonney Forge crafted forged and finished hardware for horse-drawn wagons, later it became a manufacturer of automotive hand tools, and now it is a m ...

, FCI (formerly Berg), and Containment Solutions (formerly Fluid Containment).

Geography

Allenport is in eastern Huntingdon County, bordered to the north by the borough of Mount Union and to the northeast across the Juniata River by the borough of Kistler in

Mifflin County Mifflin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,143. Its county seat is Lewistown. The county was created on September 19, 1789, from parts of Cumberland County and Northumberland ...

. U.S. Route 522 passes through Allenport, leading north into Mount Union and south to Shirleysburg.

Pennsylvania Route 103 Pennsylvania Route 103 (abbreviated PA Route 103 or PA 103, officially State Route 103 or SR 103) is a long north–south designated state route in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Its primary course is along the south/east side of the Ju ...

has its southern terminus at US 522 in Allenport, and leads northeast (downstream along the Juniata River) to Mattawana. The inactive tracks of the narrow-gauge

East Broad Top Railroad The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the United States' oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads, ...

pass through Allenport. A third rail creates dual-gauge tracks to just short of the PA 103 crossing. The tracks were partially rehabilitated in the mid-2000s by the Mount Union Connecting Railroad, but the rehabilitation was not completed. According to the

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, the Allenport CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 6.71%, are water.

Demographics

General information

*ZIP Code: 17066 *Area Code: 814 *Local Phone Exchanges: 542, 543 *School District:

Mount Union Area School District The Mount Union Area School District is a public school district based in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, Mount Union, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 151 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a residen ...

References

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