Coleville, Pennsylvania

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Coleville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coleville
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
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Coleville
Coleville (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°54′34.22″N77°47′49.01″W / 40.9095056°N 77.7969472°W / 40.9095056; -77.7969472
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Centre
Township Spring
Elevation
860 ft (260 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1172202 [1]

Coleville is a hamlet mostly in Spring Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of Buffalo Run Valley and the larger Nittany Valley.

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Geography

Coleville is north of Bush Addition, west of Bellefonte, south of Sunnyside, and east of Chemical and Valley View. [1]

Buffalo Run converges with Spring Creek in Coleville.

The Coleville Caves are approximately 100 feet long. [2]

History

In the 1880s Coleville grew as a railway town on the main line between of the Bellefonte Central Railroad. [3] The hamlet featured an engine house, shop, brickyard, iron furnaces, saw mills, and a woolen mill. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coleville, Pennsylvania
  2. ↑ "Nittany Valley Region Plan" (PDF).
  3. ↑ Bezilla, Micheal (May 20, 2021). "Bellefonte Central Railroad". Centre County Historical Society.
  4. ↑ "History". Spring Township.


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