Livonia, Pennsylvania

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Livonia, Pennsylvania
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Livonia, Pennsylvania
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°58′50″N77°17′30″W / 40.98056°N 77.29167°W / 40.98056; -77.29167 Coordinates: 40°58′50″N77°17′30″W / 40.98056°N 77.29167°W / 40.98056; -77.29167
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Centre County
Township Miles Township
Settled~1840
Elevation
1,499 ft (457 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST)
 • Summer (DST)EDT
ZIP code
16872
Area code(s) 570

Livonia is an unincorporated community in the Appalachian Mountains of central Pennsylvania, United States. Livonia is in Miles Township, Centre County, near the head of Brush Valley, just west of Hough Mountain and just north of Elk Creek. [1] It is located on Railroad Creek at the intersection of Pennsylvania Routes PA 477 and PA 192. Elevation is 1,499 feet. [2] The nearest post office is in Loganton, Pennsylvania, but mail in handled out of Rebersburg.

Appalachian Mountains mountain range in the eastern United States and Canada, and France

The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before experiencing natural erosion. The Appalachian chain is a barrier to east–west travel, as it forms a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most highways and railroads running east–west.

Pennsylvania U.S. state in the United States

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Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Miles Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,983 at the 2010 census, up from 1,573 at the 2000 census. Miles Township and nearby Milesburg were named after Miles Davis, who co-owned the Centre Furnace, along with Colonel John Patton.

Nearby is Bald Eagle State Forest and White Deer Creek is known for its fly-fishing. [3]

Bald Eagle State Forest

Bald Eagle State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #7. The main office is located in Laurelton in Union County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The forest is found in Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Snyder, and Union Counties. Bald Eagle shares a common border on its western extent with Rothrock State Forest and on its northern extent with Tiadaghton State Forest.

History

Livonia was first settled in the 1840s, but the economy did not flourish until the railroad spur reached them about 1900 during a logging boom. [4] There was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp there from 1933 to 1942. [5]

Civilian Conservation Corps public work relief program

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men. Originally for young men ages 18–25, it was eventually expanded to ages 17–28. Robert Fechner was the first director of this agency, succeeded by James McEntee following Fechner's death. The CCC was a major part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state, and local governments. The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men and to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States. Maximum enrollment at any one time was 300,000. Through the course of its nine years in operation, 3 million young men participated in the CCC, which provided them with shelter, clothing, and food, together with a wage of $30 per month.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ United States Geological Survey. Miles Township Map (Map). Archived from the original on 4 January 2015.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Livonia, Pennsylvania
  3. ↑ Wolf, Dave (2007). "White Deer Creek". Flyfisher's Guide to Pennsylvania. Belgrade, Montana: Wilderness Adventures Press. p. 132. ISBN   978-1-932098-51-8.
  4. ↑ Snyder, Charles McCool; et al. (2000). Union County, Pennsylvania: A Celebration of History (second ed.). Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Union County Historical Society. p. 210. ISBN   978-0-917127-13-7.
  5. ↑ Speakman, Joseph M. (2006). At Work in Penn's Woods: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 175. ISBN   978-0-271-02876-7.

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