Oak Hall, Pennsylvania

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Oak Hall, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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The Johnstonbaugh House in the Oak Hall Historic District
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Oak Hall
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
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Oak Hall
Oak Hall (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°47′38.22″N77°48′9″W / 40.7939500°N 77.80250°W / 40.7939500; -77.80250
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Centre
Township College
Elevation
1,047 ft (319 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
16827
GNIS feature ID1182758 [1]

Oak Hall is a village and an unincorporated community in College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is in Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley.

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History

The Oak Hall Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [2] During the construction of U.S. Route 322, locally known as the Mount Nittany Expressway, much of the village was demolished. [3]

Geography

Oak Hall is in the foothills of Nittany Mountain halfway between Lemont and Boalsburg. Limestone soil served the agricultural community along Cedar Run. [3] The Oak Hall Quarry, operated by Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania LLC, is on the north side of the village. [4] Oak Hall Regional Park is a 68-acre park that hosts regional softball tournaments among other activities. [5]

Cedar Run flows into Spring Creek in Oak Hall. These are limestone streams [6] making Oak Hall a popular fly fishing spot, particularly for trout. [7]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Hall, Pennsylvania
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "The ABCs of Centre County". Centre County Historical Society. May 26, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hanson Aggregates". Hubbiz.
  5. ↑ "Oak Hall Regional Park". Centre Region Parks & Recreation Authority.
  6. ↑ Wurster, Clifford (March 8, 2019). "Fishing Spring Creek". THE SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ATLAS.
  7. ↑ Zazworsky, Dan (January 27, 2022). "Penn State Fly Fishing Receives Historic Endowment". Flylords.
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